STRUCTURE OF THE TERRITORY click on the map or choose the region Italian regions... Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle d'Aosta Veneto SEARCH IN THE SITE ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED NEWS STATUTORY BODIES DOCUMENTS NOTES IN THE MARGIN LINK ACAI Nazionale - Documents - Snapshots of a story Snapshots of a story A photo says much more than many speeches. A photo fixes a moment, eternalizing it. He passes it on to the future, becomes the baton that passes into the hands of the new generations in the whirlwind race of life. It is not enough to look at a photo. It is also necessary to know how to listen to it. Because a photo 'speaks'. It solicits not only our eyes. It also solicits our hearts, sometimes to the point of moving us. These photos simply 'speak' of us. How we were. How we have been in distant years, at the dawn of our associative history. And, like all the photos that emerge from some family album, they seem a little alienating to us. Maybe even funny in their naivety. They take us back in time, showing us a country certainly less loaded with material things but perhaps richer in ideals, in values. An Italy even then crossed by tensions and divisions, but less nasty. A country in black and white capable, however, of opening up to the colorful colors of the future. A dignified country in its post-war condition and certainly not yet aware that it is practically on the eve of an incredible economic boom. A country where decency, public and private, was the founding feature along with the work ethic, decency and sobriety. all elements of that cement that has been able to build a society capable of recognizing itself around an idea of a more open and supportive community. The Italy of small things. But not little Italy. The profound Italy to which Acai has been able to give voice and listen, accompanying it and often even directing it along the path that has led it, has led us, until today. So let's look at these photos taken from the volume 'Sixty years of Acai'. They are our photos, simply. Photos that 'speak' of a desire for rebirth perpetually aimed at tomorrow, of a community intrigued by the multiple perspectives of the future. Which tell us of the deep bond that unites the events of our Acai to the much more complex ones of a country that still did not know how to 'pose' and therefore could even seem awkward in front of the lens. But which, just like Acai, has never shied away from the spotlight and responsibilities of history. ( Go to the photogallery >> ) Monday 10 January 2011 Report this page print this page Contacts ACAI 2006 @ credits