Fulvio Merlak
[Italy]
Born in Trieste in 1948, he takes pictures since he was young. President of the Photographic Association Fincantieri-Wartsila of Trieste, during the 80s and 90s he first was Territorial, then Regional Executive of FIAF. Since 1991 he is a cultural operator of visual communication and from 2002 he is the President of “FIAF – Italian Federation of Photographic Associations” founded in 1948 in Turin. Since 1991 he carries out activities of cultural operator in visual communication. He coordinated the realization of many festivals and many exhibitions, while promoting numerous seminars and advanced courses in reading the image. He also has supervised the publication of some photographic books. After having been a Director, Vice President and (since 2002) President of the “Italian Federation of Photographic Associations”, in 2011 was named Honorary President of the Federation itself, and Director of the “Italian Center of Author Photography” of Bibbiena. Earlier in the same year he joined the Scientific Committee of the “Research Center of Photography and Archiving” of Spilimbergo.
