Visit renowned Argentinean jazz photographer Jorge Lardone at his new website (see link below). Lardone's jazz photo exhibition “Fotojazzeando" was shown 48 times in several cities in his country and in Chile, Cuba, Finland, Italy, Spain and Sweden. He is also founder, director and producer of “Festival Internacional Fotojazzeando". With 13 editions to date (from 1988 to 2004) it was major jazz cultural event related to jazz in central/west Argentina. Due to very bad political, economical and cultural situation in the country, he is now searching for a new city in a new country to organize edition 14 of the Festival.
You can see also Lardone photography in AAJ Visual Art Gallery. In his personal web there are displayed 13 photo exhibitions.
About Jorge Lardone (Photographer, Journalist, Producer.)
He was born in San Rafael City (Argentina) . He learns photography since his chilhood in his fathers business activity: Optica Lardone store. In the seventies and early eighties he took part in Photo Club activities, winning many prizes. In 1984 he made his first exhibition and since then he participated in more than a 90 of individual and collective exhibitions in his province, his country and abroad.
He is a producer and journalist specialized in jazz, founder of Jazz Club San Rafael and Codearte (non profit Cultural Organizations).
He is creator and director of San Rafael International Jazz Festival “Fotojazzeando". He has photographed many of the main jazz musicians in differents scenes of the world. His images have been published in magazines and newspapers.
The “Fotojazzeando Collection" has been show for the first time in San Rafael in 1988. Since then it has been displayed 48 times in several cities of Argentina and in Chile, Cuba, Finland, Italy, Spain and Sweden. The subject is situated in concerts and rehersals, not only to well known musicians but others known locally as well.
Because of his characteristics Fotojazzeando is a proyect unique in the country and perhaps Latin America. Also this photo exhibition is the fundamental background of Festival Internacional Fotojazzeando", a modest budget one but anyway the most important cultural succes of jazz organized in central/west Argentina. From 1991 to 2004 thirtteen editions have taken place with the participation of artists (musicians, photographers, dancers, painters, a.o.) from Argentina, Austria, Brasil, Canada, Chile, England, Finland, Italy, Spain and USA.
Sowing Jazz in Wineland
San Rafael (Mendoza, Argentina) is pioneers place, situated in the center/west of the country. People who came at the beginning of the XX century from european countries, transformed with hard work the desert into an oasis. Trough years, viticulture became the main productive activity and today best wines of Argentina are made there. To the begining of the XXI century tourism is the new activity of a privileged region because of its natural beauty.
Jorge Lardone is also a pioneer, sowing jazz during twenty years in Mendoza, a province not available for twentieth century music. You may count with your fingers the number of international known musicians that have played there, but, in spite of that, some gifted artists have grown up there. Of course many of them have to go abroad in order to grown, but Lardone decided to stay. He took to his birthplace the best of jazz trough radio, television, concerts, shows, photographs displays, festivals and many others cultural activities, related to the music he loves the most.
His job has been know with surprise by people who lives in places where jazz is an habitual activity. His photographs have received the approval of the jazz musicians who recognized in the images the special atmosphere of jazz environment.
Lardone, who must work in third world conditions with a ridiculous budget, use a simple and antique camera Olympus OM-2, using always ligth from the environment.
A critic from “El Mercurio" newspaper (Chile) wrote about Lardone photographs: “Lardone gave us a subjetive view of jazz with images that show moments that camera delivery with jazz special fugacity: improvisation. Jorge Lardone uses the instant accord in photographs full of mistery and suggestion".
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