Ritratto rosso. Elisabetta Catalano guarda Federico Fellini

Photographic art preserves the soul of the individuals portrayed, as Elisabetta Catalano was able to do. With her, photography replaces words and evokes memories. Her ability to stop the moment through the shot has given us back a real and human Fellini. We then decided to dedicate an exhibition, in the centenary of the birth of the great maestro, to both, because both Elisabetta and Federico, with their understanding of each other, have built a deep and original dialogue that deserved to be shown to the general public in the space of Teatro 1 in Cinecittà, the natural habitat of cinemas. We decided to inaugurate it during the pandemic, due to Covid, to give a strong sign to the world of culture and the expectations of it, for this exhibition that narrated a memorable historic period, were not betrayed.
The previous scheduling of commitments and spaces unfortunately prevented the extension of the exhibition during the months when easy access for visitors would have been allowed. We therefore entrust to this catalog, wanted and edited by Archivio Catalano, the memory of the Ri-tratto Rosso of Elisabetta and Federico, the exhibition of their return to Cinecittà at the time of the pandemic.