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21/1/2004

Faces of Love

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York

New York University - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò to host 'Faces of Love' by Shana Dressler and Helen Giovanello, January 22 to February 13, 2004

"Faces of Love", a photographic exhibition by Shana Dressler and Helen Giovanello will be on display at New York University's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 West 12th Street, from January 22 to February 13, 2004. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

'Faces of Love' is a joint exhibition that combines black-and-white photographs from two books in progress, one by American photographer, Shana Dressler and the other by Italian photographer, Helen Giovanello. It consists of two emotionally charged photographic journeys of universal themes illustrated through 46 images in both square and rectangular format (20'x 24' and 20'x 20').

If Only It Were Love, by Shana Dressler, was born out of her need to process the complex feelings that resulted from an unrequited love affair with an Italian underwater photographer during the early1990s. In 1999, she returned to Rome to create images of her story as she wished it had unfolded. Her wistful depictions of couple-hood dissolve into visions of solitary self-sufficiency. Together, the two projects create a poignant and delicate counterpoint of fantasy and reality; love and not-quite-love; losing and finding; death and rebirth. Ms. Giovanello's book, I Love You, narrates the relationship between Helen and her African-American fiancée, Rama, who died of cancer in 2001. Her work is stark and frank in its portrayal of love amidst the daily march of loss.

Shana Dressler's career as a photographer has spanned a wide range of forms from stills to video to multimedia. From 1998 to 2000 she worked on a project entitled, 'The Spirit That Runs Through the Holy Tabernacle Church' about spiritual experience in a Pentecostal church in Harlem. In 2000, she directed and co-produced 'Can't Wait ‘Til Sunday,' a ten minute documentary which profiled of the church's pastor, Carl Graham. It was filmed on the last night of Pastor Graham's 30-year career as a mechanic for the United States Postal Service. Shana's other photographic projects include photographing Orisha dancers in Havana, Cuba and Bahia, Brazil; the Ganesh Festival in Bombay, India; and the annual tribal costume competition in Papua New Guinea.

Helen Giovanello, an Italian photographer based in New York, has distinguished herself with her strong bodies of work as a photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has exhibited work from several projects including: 'Kurdish Refugees', 'Chris and Wayne' which told the story of a homeless couple and was selected for the Biennial of Photography in Turin in 1999; and 'Boxers in Ghana' a body of work produced while documenting the life in Ussher Town, Ghana. Helen works regularly as a photographer and journalist for the Italian magazines Anna, Donna Moderna, Max, Donna di Repubblica, Elle, L'Espresso and other European publications. She has also collaborated with humanitarian organizations such as Doctors of the World.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. For further information the public may call 212-998-8739 or visit http://www.faces-of-love.com.

An opening reception for the exhibition will take place on Thursday, January 22, from 6:30-8:30 pm. The exhibit and presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institue of New York and, Denis Curti, and is sponsored by Alitalia, and Nielsen & Bainbridge.

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo'
New York University
24 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212) 998-3862
Fax: (212) 995-4012

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