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In Italy, photojouralism spread without delay in comparison with the european experiencies. Born in the beginnin of the twentieth century in various reviews and magazines like «Il Secolo XX», «L’Illustrazione Italiana», «Gli Avvenimenti», during the 30s and 40s, matured its style around the group of reviews like «Il Secolo Illustrato», «Omnibus», «Tempo», «Panorama», and it had a period of maximum ressonance in the years between 1945 and 1970. This was a very complex period for the italian history; after the fall of fascist regime, among the people there was an encrising interest and diffusion of the new reviews, tabloids, magazines, in which photojournalism of course played a great role. Patellani, Crocenzi, Carrese, Meldolesi, Cisventi, Bavagnoli, Dondero, De Biasi, Branzi, Garrubba, Pinna, Nicola e Antonio Sansone, Rea, Cascio, Contino, Volta, Moroldo, Cagnoni, Secchiaroli, Sellerio, Berengo Gardin, Scianna, Di Paolo, Roiter, D’Alessandro, Pino, Lucas, D’Amico, just to mention few names of the most rapresentative photographers of the period, working in reviews like «Il Politecnico», «Tempo Illustrato», «Vie Nuove», «L’Europeo», «Il Mondo», «Epoca», «Le Ore», «L’Espresso», «Panorama». Expecially in the 40s and the 50s, photojournalism contributed decisely to the birth and formation of the national visual culture, better known abroad under the label of Neorealismo, a cultural phenomenon mostly acknowledged for the literary and cinematographic aspects than for all its direct implications in the italian photography.

	Althought its fondamental role in the affirmation of the photographic medium as vehicle in the mass communication, the photojournalism is still a neglected genre, often discriminated by the critics and art historians because of its presumed lack of artistic value. Nevertheless is out of question that few photographic genres like photojournalism have had a so fondamental role in the creation of a collective identity, in the common habits, in the so called contemporary imaginary. Becouse of its connections with history, politics, sociology, the photojournalism must be considered the first step towards the creation of the "global village" made possible nowadays by the advanced technology of mass communication. Sometimes we forget that before the TV and computer age, photojournalism was the unique source of visual informations and an important instrument of testimony and documentation of all those facts that otherwise would have gone lost. But in this last period, thanks to the interest of critics, collectors, cultural institutions, the photojournalism is revalued for its importance, and its peculiar role in the history of photography, and all the most important museums, institutions and departments of visual arts have a specific section dedicated to photojournalism.
Pressphotoitalia/Galleryonline© can be defined as a thematic gallery, with a specific interest in the italian photojournalism. In Italy, photojouralism spread without delay in comparison with the european experiencies. Born in the beginnin of the twentieth century in various reviews and magazines like «Il Secolo XX», «L’Illustrazione Italiana», «Gli Avvenimenti», during the 30s and 40s, matured its style around the group of reviews like «Il Secolo Illustrato», «Omnibus», «Tempo», «Panorama», and it had a period of maximum ressonance in the years between 1945 and 1970. This was a very complex period for the italian history; after the fall of fascist regime, among the people there was an encrising interest and diffusion of the new reviews, tabloids, magazines, in which photojournalism of course played a great role. Patellani, Crocenzi, Carrese, Meldolesi, Cisventi, Bavagnoli, Dondero, De Biasi, Branzi, Garrubba, Pinna, Nicola e Antonio Sansone, Rea, Cascio, Contino, Volta, Moroldo, Cagnoni, Secchiaroli, Sellerio, Berengo Gardin, Scianna, Di Paolo, Roiter, D’Alessandro, Pino, Lucas, D’Amico, just to mention few names of the most rapresentative photographers of the period, working in reviews like «Il Politecnico», «Tempo Illustrato», «Vie Nuove», «L’Europeo», «Il Mondo», «Epoca», «Le Ore», «L’Espresso», «Panorama». Expecially in the 40s and the 50s, photojournalism contributed decisely to the birth and formation of the national visual culture, better known abroad under the label of Neorealismo, a cultural phenomenon mostly acknowledged for the literary and cinematographic aspects than for all its direct implications in the italian photography.
	Now, thanks to Pressphotoitalia/ Galleryonline© it will be possible for everyone to know more things about italian photojournalism and to visit our site staying at home, in office, to see an exhibition, photographic material, to purchaise original prints in limited edition (supplied of course with all guarantee and authenticity certificates). Pressphotoitalia/Galleryonline© is a cultural service which applies to public or private institutions, museums collectors, dealers or simple keen on photography, with the pourpose of promoting the knowledge, the diffusion and market in the specific field of photojournalism. Pressphotoitalia/Galleryonline© is linked to the cultural activity of the Istituto di Studi Scientifici sul Fotogiornalism/Archivio Franco Pinna, in Rome, which deals with historical researches and methodological studies in the field of the twentieth century visual arts. This cultural insitute is the decisional organ for the ideation and programming of all the photo exhibitions taken by Pressphotoitalia Galleryonline©, but also for the choosing of the photographers, the selection of the photographic material driven to the exhibition or to sale. For all the other aspects, management and commercial, the coordination is granted to Artware/servizi per i beni culturali, Udine. In the near future Pressphotoitalia Galleryonline©, through the service Archiveonline©, will place the all photographic archive at the publishers disposal for consultation and sale.