Autoritratto – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”, 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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Fede, mamma e Gigio al Monte Amiata – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”, 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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Mamma e Zia Carolina – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”. 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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Mamma in cucina – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”. 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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Mamma e macchina – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”. 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist; Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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Mamma, Maura e Claudia – “20.12.53 – 10.08.04”. 2004-2009
Lambda Print, Aluminium
Courtesy the artist, Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano
© MOIRA RICCI

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The photographic series 20.12.53 – 10.08.04 by Italian photographer MOIRA RICCI has been born out of the artist’s desire to revisit her personal history.

Conceived and created after the sudden death of her mother, whose dates of birth and death form the title of the work, the series follows the path of working through things, in an attempt to rewrite the intimate and private mother-daughter relationship. Manipulating a large number of photographs of her mother, RICCI has inserted her own image, as if she had always been there. By intervening in these simple, everyday images taken from a family album, the artist lends form to nostalgia and loss, and to the desire to regain the continuity of her own story.

MOIRA RICCI studied photography at the Brera Academy and the Bauer School of Photography in Milan. In 2000 she was awarded the first Riccardo Pezza prize, organized by the Museo della Fotografia Contemporanea (Milan). She has participated in several group exhibitions since 2001. In 2006 she had a solo show at Artopia in Milan entitled Interfruit. This year she has participated in a number of international group exhibitions: Talent Latent, Scan Photography Festival in Los Angeles, A Snake on a Tree and Location 1, both in New York. She lives and works in Milan and rosseto.