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“This is a choice I made 26 years ago when I joined the magazine. Vogue was in Italian but I wanted to speak to everyone so I thought of creating images that were made to talk.”

Quote by Franca Sozzani

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Franca Sozzani was an influential Italian fashion journalist and editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia from 1988 to 2016. She was known for her innovative approach to fashion and her commitment to diversity and inclusivity in the industry. more

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“When we launched our [ Vogue] site around five years ago, I had already started this process on paper. We are now building an enormous portfolio of photos, we've uploaded two million photos and we have three people that review them.”

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“We've created a community and these images [from Vogue] will live on with exhibitions, postcards, projections. We help them gain more exposure. Instagram already works as a selection. It's my curiosity into the world of youth, what they do, what they buy.”

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“Social media are fundamental to communicate and understand what happens in the world. It's a point of view and an immediate commentary.”

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“What worries me is that now, communication is virtual.”

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“As for Instagram, I follow about 100 people, but I am not interested in what a designer is doing or what a friend of a friend is doing. I upload my photos on Instagram.”

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“You just click and you get 18,000 screen shots on how to apply lipstick, for example, but there will be the same selection that has taken place in paper in digital, too.”

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“Vogue is not a practical magazine, it provides sensations, feeling, moods, you like the photos.”

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“You can look up "heart" and get 100,000 voices, but slowly the ones at the end are no longer credible, so there will be a selection in Web sites, too.”

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“Credibility is a must. Think of all those bloggers that kill us with photos outside the shows - there will be a selection there, too. Not because some are less good, but those that do not impose a style will have fewer requests.”

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