Fototrofio. Trame dello sguardo.

Nicola Cipriani is a photographer, filmmaker and composer based in Bari, Italy. His artistic practice moves across photography, videography and sound composition through a synesthetic approach in which images and sounds generate one another. His research focuses on the infraordinary, thresholds and the “in-between”: liminal spaces where the everyday cracks and reveals what remains unseen. He explores memory, residual objects, architectures in waiting and suspended landscapes, shaping

a personal visual anthropology centred on what resists disappearance. He has composed original soundtracks for films by Alessandro Piva and Laura Muscardin and collaborated with museums, foundations and cultural institutions. His current projects include Infraordinary, Madreterra – Mother Relics and Fototrofio - Phototrophium, a poetic archive of recovered photographs.

Graduated in Fashion Design at IED in Rome, she opened her own atelier in 2004, creating bespoke, handcrafted garments.

She is currently the founder and owner of her eponymous brand, where she designs exclusive collections and made-to-measure pieces, entirely handmade. She also teaches in ITS courses, training pattern makers and new professional figures in the textile and manufacturing sectors.

She strongly believes in the value of craftsmanship and bespoke tailoring, grounded in a concept of authenticity.

The area covered by GAL Nuovo Fior d’Olivi includes seven municipalities in the Province of Bari (Puglia, Italy): Binetto, Bitonto, Giovinazzo, Grumo Appula, Modugno, Palo del Colle, and Terlizzi. The GAL territory extends over 498.77 km², representing 4.18% of the regional surface, and is entirely within the Province of Bari. According to the Puglia Rural Development Programme (PSR) classification, 81.12% of the area (404.58 km²) falls within Macro Area C (“Intermediate rural areas”), while 18.88% (94.19 km²) is classified as Macro Area B (“Rural areas with specialised intensive agriculture”).

As a local development agency with strong territorial knowledge and long-standing relationships with local stakeholders, GAL Nuovo Fior d’Olivi operates as a strategic connector between communities, artists and artisans. Within project activities, the GAL supports participatory processes and facilitates the co-design of products and services capable of transferring local specificities - cultural, material and craft-based - into meaningful experiences for visitors, in line with sustainable tourism and cultural development objectives.

Hassan Abdelghani (born 1965, Osijek) is an artistic photographer and cultural professional based in Pula, Croatia. Raised in Cairo and graduated from the Photography School in Copenhagen (1990), he founded the private photo school Global Fotoskole in 1998. He is the director of the Makina Photographic Gallery in Pula (since 2009) and head of the Makina Photo Academy (since 2015), hosting over 200 exhibitions and cultural events.

Abdelghani has curated more than 30 exhibitions and has presented solo and group shows across Europe and internationally. He has served as artistic director of the “Vrata starog grada” Photo Gallery in Osijek and is a guest lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Osijek. His works are included in public and private collections, including the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. He is a member of HDFD and HDLU, and an honorary member of the European Film Academy. He lives and works in Pula.