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The French-Italian agency "Nazca Pictures" was created in
September 2003, in Florence (Italy), by Patrizia Benedetti Estay,
and her husband Patricio Estay. Nazca Pictures represents a group of photographers, from different countries, among them: Fico, Erik Sampers, Cyril Le Tourneur, Sophie Zenon (France), Olivier Papegnies (Belgium), Carlos Lujan (Spain), Marco Baroncini, Luca Bracali, Giovanni Cocco, Marco Dal Maso, Patricio Estay, Franco Guardascione, Simone Manzo, Annette Schreyer (Italy), Carmit Hassine (Israel), Thomas de Cian (Thailand) etc... Nazca Pictures would like to renew the traditional perspective of reportage, with a more contemporary approach to photojournalism. Our reportages, of multiple contents, social, ethnographical, adventures and discoveries, human histories, are destinated to the worlwide press. Our intention is also to develop the editing department, along with a new concept for International tour exhibitions giving a new type of exposure to our photographers. Our intention is also to develop the editing department, along with a new concept for European tour exhibitions giving a new type of exposure to our photographers. With time, Nazca Pictures would like to become a new platform for reflections and bright ideas, in order to optimize the quality of our production as well as the distribution of our reportages. Nazca Pictures' doors are always opened to the welcoming of new talents. |
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The Nazca civilization flourished between 200 B.C. and 600 A.D. They breathed life into the parched Peruvian, Pampa Colorada, with incredible, indelible, artworks created on the desert surface. Their canvas is a plateau 37 miles long and 15 miles wide, a huge chalkboard. On it, they realized etched works of monumental proportion, a montage of geometric formations called geoglyphs2, with whimsical portrayals of animals, birds, and human forms in astronomical alignments, star-maps, and labyrinths! Neither carved nor painted, these magic and mysterious images represent artistry of another medium. By clearing away the dark, rust-colored surface stones and exposing the light-colored sub-soil beneath, marvelous patterns were created in the contrasting soil. The Lines themselves may have been built for rituals, to insure crop fertility, predict the seasons, and align with the stars. No one really knows the origins of the ancient designers of the Nazca Lines. Today these markings are at the same time enduring monuments to the creativity of the ancients and one of the greatest mysteries still unsolved. |
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