In an old building in downtown Savigniano, Italy, the International Photography Festival "SiFest" has arrived at the gallery. Fifteen arts photo exhibitions have been put up at the gallery, and amongst those is one of Republic of Kosovo native's Blerim Racaj. Racaj is a photographer who lives in London.

Produced by Massimo Sordi and Steffania Rosl, the show is part of a year round photographic project in Savignano that focuses on the connections between identity, environment and culture - lots of fabulous and familiar names in there, with a strong focus on concentrated portraiture. These "Global Photographies" are exposes to world wide known photographers such as Evan Baden (USA), Colin Pantall (England), Shen Wei (China), Michele Cera (Italy), and Andres Marroquin Winkelmann (Peru); but it doesn't stop there. The show will be traveling to Venice in March and Rome in January.

Through images, these artists create an identity of their chosen portrait, an identity such as of Republic of Kosovo. "The exhibition aims to not only explore the identities of people, but groups of all ages, different cultures, identity, sexual, religious...," says Racaj, emphasizing that participation in these types of festivals has a special importance and such works presented have a value.

Racaj has so far participated in several collective exhibitions in England. In July of this year, he has opened his first personal arts exhibition in the Republic of Kosovo entitled "Current Issue", an ongoing project portraying the land and the people of the Republic of Kosovo.