"Kiev, the Russian invasion has begun"
.
The book Photoansa 2022
, the annual volume that collects the best images taken by photographers,
opens with the news, transmitted by the ANSA correspondent in the Ukrainian capital, of the start of the conflict that continues to keep Europe in suspense.
of the agency to describe the year that is closing.
It could only be the destruction and death brought about by the Russian aggression that opened the collection.
Shots that also tell of the great escape of refugees from the horror, while on the other side of the border, but also in the Ukrainian capital itself, life goes on anyway.
"The announced war explodes suddenly in the night in Kiev, then seems to never want to stop - writes ANSA president
Giulio Anselmi
in the preface - Page after page, image after image, it gets tangled with its load of blood, of pain, of of death, of fear. Above all of fear, because after eight months of fighting, triggered by Russian aggression, we still don't know where the world will end".
Next to the cover theme, the images describing the events that characterized 2022, including the birth of the government of
Giorgia Meloni,
the first led by a woman in the history of Italy.
The book will be presented in Rome today December at 5.30 pm
, in Turin on January 25 at the same time.
Sponsor of the events respectively Enel and Intesa Sanapolo
Guests include the president of the Senate
Ignazio La Russa
and the president of Confindustria
Carlo Bonomi
.
To talk about the war, the Ukrainian ambassador in Italy
Yaroslav Melnyk
and the Ukrainian journalist
Nataliya Kudryk
.
To retrace a year of sporting successes, the Minister of Sport
Andrea Abodi and Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
, the first woman to referee in Serie A.
Representing the entertainment world will be
Cesare Cremonini,
while
Federico Palmaroli
, author of Osho's most beautiful phrases, will enrich the evening with his irony.
After greetings from Anselmi, the CEO of ANSA,
Stefano De Alessandri
, and the new president of Maxxi,
Alessandro Giuli
, the event will be conducted by the director of ANSA,
Luigi Contu
.