Allen Matthews Visit
Allen's Gallery 
An Atlanta native, Allen graduated from University of Georgia
1960 with a BFA in Fine Art. He worked as an Art Director in the
Coca Cola Company Art Department from 1953 to 1955, and after college
as AD at BBDO advertising on Delta Airlines account. He began photography
career at the same time. His first published editorial work, in
1961, is the railroad reportage in this exhibit. Allen worked exclusively
in photography from the publication of that work until present.
Allen Matthews visited Cortona in 1984 and then lived in Cortona
from late 1984 through early '87. After many extended visits between
'87 and 2000 he has stayed primarily in Cortona since 2000.
Allen has won many awards for his work in editorial and advertising
photography, including CA Magazine, NY Art Directors Show, One
Show, Atlanta AD Show, Miami, Jacksonville, Richmond, Charlotte,
Birmingham, etc. He has been making images in Italy since'84.
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Robin Davis Visit
Robin's Gallery
Robin Davis has been teaching the Cortona Center of Photography
workshops in Italy since 1998.
As an artist and photographer, she
has researched and worked extensively with a variety of unique
photographic techniques, blending tradition with experimentation
to achieve painterly and illustrative images. Her fine art photography
has been featured for: Liz Claiborne,
Penguin Putnam Publishing, St. Martin's Press, The Coca-Cola Company, GTE,
The High Museum Of Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum/Emory University, Moving
Images International, The Piedmont Park Conservancy, The Goethe-Institut,
Visiting Nurse Health Systems, The Atlanta Shakespeare Company,
The Borghese, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Bellagio Las Vegas, Bloomingdales
and Alegria Records.
Robin has won awards and enjoyed numerous solo
exhibitions, and her photography and limited edition handmade
books are represented in galleries and private collections.
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Alfredo Falvo Visit Alfredo's Gallery 
From 1999 to 2000 Alfredo Falvo studied at the International Center of Photography in New York where he also had the opportunity to do an internship at the Magnum Agency (N.Y.) Social reportage is his favorite subject. He came out with his most important work in 2004, photographing the difficult reality of Skid Row, L.A., which will be soon become a book, "Lost Angels". His reportage has been published in magazines in Italy and the US, and has been exhibited internationally. Alfredo Falvo is a native of Tuscany and has been teaching with the Cortona Center of Photography since 2001.
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