A Photo Exhibition by Stefano Amantini
Italian Cultural Institute in Copenaghen
Friday November 21st, 2025 – Monday January 12th, 2026
Opening: Friday November 21st 2025, at 5:30 PM – Free Admission here
The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenaghen presents White, an ongoing photographic project created by Stefano Amantini in the winter of 2009 when the Dolomites were granted the status of a UNESCO world heritage site.
White focuses on winter landscapes in the Dolomites -beautiful mountains in the Trentino Alto Adige region in Italy- where heavy snowfalls can convey a feeling of isolation. Paradoxically, the scenery also transmits a sense of strength as well as fragility.
As Paolo Paci explains in his introduction to the exhibition, “the sense of strength derives from the snow-capped peaks, from the snow-covered ridges, from the immense forests where man is simply a dot in a space and his presence disappears in the face of the majestic mountain landscape. But even small traces of modern civilization—a pole visible in the mist, a pylon that towers above the valley—demonstrate the overwhelming fragility of the landscape. The tourist industry, which has domesticated the mountain, has also added artificial elements: roads, ski resorts, lodges and noisy crowds.
Miniature fir trees covered with snow, small, bare larches. Tiny skiers, seemingly made of cardboard, against a white blanket. Little cableways silhouetted against a leaden sky. And seemingly gigantic walls of rock, dusted with white, come into sight through openings in the fog. These are the Dolomite’s total white interpreted by Stefano Amantini. A dreamlike vision but at the same time a clear analysis of post-modern mountain scenery: an immaculate world that is also a playground for adults. A landscape that has been brutalized while at the same time remaining a gentle dream reminiscent of childhood.
The photos are part of the Tethys Gallery permanent collection and a limited number of prints are for sale in limited editions print.
After earning a degree in Anthropology and having produced images for advertising campaigns, Italian photographer Stefano Amantini, accredited as a professional in 1987, had devoted his time to travel features. His cultural studies and his sensitivity have brought him to distant lands and far-off settings, including the Sahara Desert. His professional breakthrough arrived in 1991, when, together with Massimo Borchi and Guido Cozzi, Amantini creates Atlantide, a photo agency specialized in travel reporting. Commissions from important magazines in addition to his personal travels has allowed Amantini to create a vast photographic archive, providing a inimitable look at today’s world.
Tethys Gallery
Thetys Gallery opened in June 2010 in the heart of Florence, on via Maggio 58/r and is now located in via dei Vellutini 17 r (www.tethysgallery.com). The gallery is dedicated solely to photography, a concept developed by Stefano Amantini, Massimo Borchi and Guido Cozzi. These Florentine photographers are also the founders of the Atlantide Phototravel Agency, specialized in travel photography. Since 1991 they have worked in conjunction with major Italian and international travel publications, including Stern, the New York Times, National Geographic, Sunday Times Travel, Condè Nast Traveller, Bell’Italia, Gulliver, Panorama Travel and D-La Repubblic delle Donne. After 20 years of experience, Amantini, Borchi and Cozzi decided to open a space devoted to the exploration of contemporary photography. Tethys Gallery monitors new developments in photography and is open to new talents as well as those who have already left their mark on the field.