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About
Photo Valletta is a new initiative put in place to promote the art of photography and related forms of art focusing strictly on Valletta and its environs as the core subject. This is an independent initiative from past activities related to Valletta which is a UNESCO Heritage Site.
Founded in 1566, Valletta is a unique city and the only Baroque city which still has all of its lines of fortifications intact. Built by the Knights of St John and assisted by the best European engineers of the 16th century it is constructed around a uniform grid plan within fortifications and bastioned city walls surrounding it.
PhotoValletta will keep updating its website with new photographic collections and other related art projects, strictly dedicated to the capital city of Malta
The promoters of this initiative will also accept similar projects of the highest level by other artists and emerging artist wishing to present their work on this platform. The platform is another initiative put forward by Peter Paul Barbara and Anna Monika Damianou who is the lead designer of this website. This platform is being managed in conjunction with www.peterpaulbarbara.com, www.eyeworks.photography, and the bi-monthly publication, Eyeworks – Fine Art Photography magazine.
The Team
Peter Paul Barbara
Peter Paul Barbara started photography at a very early age and later on studied reprographics and colour processes at Crosfield College in Watford UK. In 1997 he was made Associate Member of the Royal Photographic Society and the Masters Photographers Association of Great Britain. His work has been published both locally and abroad and has also featured in international publications including the UK magazine, People in Camera.
A warranted teacher by profession, Barbara was visiting Lecturer at BSc Level in Applied Photography and Digitisation for Cultural Heritage between 2001 and 2005 with the Institute of Cultural Heritage of the University of Malta and the Malta National Centre for Restoration and Documentation of Cultural Heritage.
Anna Monika Damianou
Anna Monika Damianou started the journey with art from very early childhood, with her first concert at the age of 4. Winner of several musical competitions including The PUPA'96, taking part in concerts and musicals in theatres across Poland. In 1998 Anna graduated Opera Division at Josef Elsner School in Warsaw and 2001 obtained Master of Arts in Psychology at The University of Warsaw in Poland.
In 2022 she obtained an EASA UAS pilot licence, allowing her to see the world from different perspective. Aerial photographs taken by Anna were published both locally and abroad.
Her love to visual arts, painting, sketching and design led her to a new chapter of web design and content creation, with the first website launched in 2024.
