As news of an exhibition of black and white photographs by Patrick J. Fenech on documentary photography in a hyper-paced world is opening at MUŻA, Valletta is announced, visitors who also get access to the publication accompanying the presentation will be able to read an essay carefully penned by Prof. Mark Anthony Falzon, Social Anthropology Professor at UM.
The publication, called Caged Spaces − A Photographer’s Gaze of Malta at the Turn of the Millennium, includes a selection of photos that were chosen from an archive of mainly 35mm negatives – whose original intention was to capture the laid-back lifestyle of people in Malta and Gozo.
They were taken when the islands were just starting their journey as an independent republic, at the turn of the millennium. They span from the 1970s into the early 1990s.
Fenech digitised hundreds of celluloid negatives, and is exhibiting them until 14 July 2024.
The compelling essay penned by Prof. Falzon, talks about the redolent lifestyles of Maltese communities, steeped in simplicity and tranquillity, a far cry from today’s.
Copies of the book are available from .
