Wikipedia:Alex Attard

Fine Arts Photographer born in Malta, specialising in Architecture.

Career
Born in Valletta,Malta, into a family who has been connected to photography since 1913, Attard gained his initial photographic education first hand through his grandfather at the family studio. After a hiatus of over twenty-five years, in 2007 he took up photography again, creating a body of work that is mostly of an architectural nature.

Work
In 2016 he participated in the Venice Art Biennale with Architecture Projects. This led to a group exhibition in Paris entitled 'Reasonable Dreams '.

In 2019 he was nominated for the 2019 Prix Pictet award for his Parallel Existences series.

His Publication, Parallel Existences, The Notarial Archives, A Photographer’s Inspiration was a project conducted in collaboration with the Notarial Archives Foundation headed by President Giovanni Bonello. It was hailed as 'ground breaking' through its portrayal of old documents found in the Notarial Archives dating back centuries. What started out as a solo exhibition soon turned into a publication holding the same title. It was awarded the 2019 Best Book Production by the Malta National Book Council.

"The Overlooked Performance", is a visual essay that chronicles unconscious behavior of workers as well as recording the ephemeral art underneath the face of Renzo Piano's new Parliament for Valletta.

A portfolio of his work forms part of the National Art Collection of Malta.

Exhibitions

 * 2019 Ostrale Contemporary Art Biennale - Germany


 * 2018: Parallel Existences - Valletta Contemporary.


 * 2016: Venice Architecture Biennale


 * 2016: Reasonable Dreams Paris


 * 2015: Mdina Contemporary Art Biennale

Publications

 * Parallel Existences. The Notarial Archives: A Photographer's Inspiration

Photographer: Alex Attard. Editors: Joan Abela & Emanuel Buttigieg. Publishers: Kite Group, Malta, 2018


 * Spontaneous. Do-it-yourself domesticity

Curated by Fabio Cappello and Giuseppe Resta. Publishers: Casa Editrice Libria, Italia, 2018