From February, 25th to April, 1th 2010, the photographic exhibition “On the Trails of the Glaciers: 1909-2009: one hundred years of climate change on Karakoram’s glaciers” will be held at the Sala S. Rita of Rome.
The vernissage is on February, 24th 2010 at 18.00, at the Sala S. Rita of the Municipality of Rome, via Montanara 8, close to Piazza Venezia.
The exhibition, organized by Associazione Macromicro in collaboration with Enel Green Power and Zčtema Progetto Cultura, promoted by the Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e della Comunicazione del Comune di Roma, shows a comparison between historical and modern images of Karakorum’s glaciers, to study the changes in glaciers occurred during the past one hundred years to glaciers, significant environmental indicators of climate change on our planet.
Over 40 high quality, big prints will show the results of the first expedition of the photographic – scientific project “On the Trails of the Glaciers”, which took place in 2009 in the Karakorum range in Pakistan.
During the exhibition two big LCD monitors will show the trailer of the documentary, which was made by SD Cinematografica during the expedition, and a slideshow of historical and modern images.
A catalogue " On the Trails of the Glaciers “ comes with the photographic exhibition and is available on sale. |