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March 30, 2021</b></h2>
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<b>On April 11 at 11:00 a.m</b>. the Vancouver Maritime Museum (VMM) is hosting a virtual celebration of its feature exhibition <i>Silent Witness: Photographs of Shipwrecks</i>. The event, hosted on Zoom, will highlight the work of Italian photographer Stefano Benazzo.<br>
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At the virtual event, <i><b>Silent Witness with Stefano Benazzo, </b></i>the photographer<i><b> </b></i>will talk about his work travelling the world to shoot shipwrecks. Since 1969, Benazzo has photographed shipwrecks to tell the stories–the tragedies, the sufferings and dramatic lives—of the sailors who worked aboard these vessels. The audience will also have an opportunity to ask Benazzo questions about his work.<br>
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“We are excited that even though Stefano lives halfway around the world in Italy we can introduce him to our audiences to share his experiences and artistic process,” says VMM Curator Duncan MacLeod.<br>
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Benazzo’s work portrays wood and iron skeletons of ships stranded on beaches and in intertidal zones the world over. These relics occupy a liminal space within the landscape and within our collective memory, monuments slowly decaying and being reclaimed by the landscape and water. Shipwrecks are silent witnesses to fragments of our history, of human endeavour remembered and forgotten.<br>
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"Shipwrecks are such a fascinating subject,” says MacLeod. “Stefano’s photographs of these relics of the past captures their haunting beauty and their relationship with the environments that are reclaiming them.”<br>
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<b>Tickets for <i>Silent Witness with Stefano Benazzo, </i>are $5.</b> For more information<i>,</i> visit the <a href="https://vanmaritime.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bdd2a5ddde1149e87d0baa93&id=093fd0298a&e=a473e1bf85" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">event page</a> on the VMM website.<br>
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The exhibition <i>Silent Witness: Photographs of Shipwreck</i>s is on view at the VMM until July 18, 2021. For more information, visit the <a href="https://vanmaritime.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bdd2a5ddde1149e87d0baa93&id=a704dd43b4&e=a473e1bf85" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">exhibition page</a> on the VMM website.<br>
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To arrange an interview with Benazzo or VMM Curator Duncan MacLeod, email <a href="mailto:marketing@vanmaritime.com" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">marketing@vanmaritime.com</a>.<br>
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Media contact<br>
Melanie Jeffs<br>
Marketing Coordinator<br>
Vancouver Maritime Museum<br>
<a href="mailto:marketing@vanmaritime.com" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">marketing@vanmaritime.com</a><br>
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