TITLE: Els Enfarinatas

Every 28th December in Ibi, in the province of Alicante (Spain), the so-called “Floured’s war” takes place. It is an event in which the inhabitants dressed in military clothes are divided into two groups: one group, the "Enfarinatas" simulates a coup d’etat, while the other a sort of police force called "La Oposicio" tries to restore order . These two groups challenge each other with blows of flour, eggs, water, firecrackers and coloured smoke bombs. The festival has existed for 200 years (the festival was revived in 1981 after long lying dormant) and is part of the celebrations linked to the day of the massacre of innocents, when Herod, King of Judea, ordered to kill each baby in order to find Jesus. It starts at 8 in the morning when the Enfarinatas invade the city, conquer it and elect a Mayor who sets new (ridiculous) laws to be respected all day. The Enfarinatas also collect fines from those who break the new "laws", but then donate the money to charity when the event is over.

AUTHOR: Pietro Di Giambattista ITALY

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Pietro Di Giambattista born in Pannarano (BN) in 1956 and he lives and works in Rome. After having studied technical studies he started a full-time classical guitar course and in 1991 he became a performer. He decided to give up the study of the guitar and dedicated himself to photography, devoting his attention mainly to landscapes and portraits. In 1992 he won the 1st prize in a national photography competition at Ercolano (Napoli). In 1997 he enrolled at a Photography Workshop in Toscana held by the famous English landscape photographer Eddie Ephraums. From that time onwards he started taking part into workshops that will determine his professional growth. He also had the chance to meet Paolo Pellegrin and Antonin Kratochvil. In the year 2000 he met Francesco Zizola in Massa Marittima at the Toscana Fotofestival and at the Polaroid workshop he met Maurizio Galimberti. He attended a workshop with Michael Ackerman and later with Yury Kozyrev in Rome. He also enrolled in some courses at the Permanent School of Photography "Graffiti" in Rome, directed by Gianni Pinnizzotto and also attended the start-up to the profession of photojournalism with Rolando Fava . In 2002 he sent a selection of portraits that are part of his work "Nomads" at the World Press Photo where he won the third prize in the category of Portraits. In 2002 he won the 7th International photograph exhibition of Photography in Solighetto (Treviso) , an award that allowed him to publish his first book "Nomads". Pietro di Giambattista has exhibited in several Italian cities and in Barcelona. He has received several honorable mentions in several competitions, was a finalist in the 2016 Photographers Forum Magazine's, first place in the 2016 ND AWARDS in the category Editorial - Daily Life. < BACK TO GALLERY