Live and Love the Italian Way - Photography Exhibition by John Callisto - Open Access Event with the Adelaide Italian Festival 2024

Name: Live and Love the Italian Way - Photography Exhibition by John Callisto - Open Access Event with the Adelaide Italian Festival 2024
Start: 2024-11-10T12:00:00+1030
End: 2024-11-10T16:30:00+1030
Location: Campbelltown Council Function Centre

Sun, 10 Nov, 12pm - 4:30pm ACDT

Campbelltown Council Function Centre

rostrevor, australia

claudia callisto

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Live and Love the Italian Way - Photography Exhibition by John Callisto

Open Access Event with the Adelaide Italian Festival 2024

Live and Love the Italian Way is a Photography exhibition that captures the essence of being Italian and the Italian way of life both in Italy and Adelaide.

This exhibition of 25 photographs is the work of John Callisto, who passed away unexpectedly in 2022 at the age of 53. This exhibition champions John’s passion for photography which commenced at the age of 16 when his parents bought him his first Pentax professional film camera. It also celebrates John’s love of Italian culture and people and highlights some of his work taken in Puglia during this photography educational trip, as well as during other holidays to Italy, and at home in Rostrevor.

John was the third child of Italian immigrant parents from Molinara (Provincia di Benevento, Campania). John was born and lived his entire life in Rostrevor, Adelaide and was a proud son, husband, father, brother,family member and great friend to many within his local community of Campbelltown Council and beyond.

When people pass away you usually remember the person that they were, their passions in life and how they made you feel. It is hoped that when people remember John and his photography, they smile and see

the Italian beauty and the heart and soul of people he saw through the end of his camera lens.

The photography exhibition is curated by his wife Claudia Callisto

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Claudia Callisto, Adelaide's Australian - Italian cultural story teller and author of the book named "The Good Italian Girl" published 2021. As a woman, born in Australia of immigrant parents, Claudia's work highlights the struggles faced by the second generation, especially women, of navigating living between two cultures - she highlights with sympathy and humour, the situations all of her generation, who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, faced in trying to reconcile their essential 'Italianess' with forging lives and careers so different to those of their parents. Claudia demonstrate through her own story that you can still be fully immersed in your cultural heritage yet be brave enough to stand out and be yourself. Following the book, Claudia wrote and performed three seperate Fringe shows (2022-2024) based on her life and content from her book.

To further expand her cultural message, Claudia produces a podcast called “The Good Italian Girl and Friends” distributed via the Spotify App all over the world. The she has recorded a range of cultural topics relating to growing up Australian – Italian inviting fellow Australian – Italian friends to share stories about life growing up with their immigrant parents. The shows reflect on both the highs and lows of each guest’s cultural experiences and how it has influenced their parenting and lifestyle choices, and especially how it has shaped them into strong and resilient ethnic women.

In November 2024, for the Italian Festival, Claudia will host a retrospective photographic exhibition for her late husband, John Callisto. This free community event called 'Loving and Living the Italian way' celebrates a local artist with a passion for all things Italian and will feature his favourite photos taken of Italy during his travels and his father’s home in Rostrevor.

Claudia is proud of her Italian background and the inspiration it gives her to pursue her creative passions.

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