{"title":"Andrea Simonato","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into Andrea Simonato's captivating world, where thrilling plots and unforgettable characters await. Perfect for fans of gripping mysteries and suspenseful adventures. Start your Simonato journey here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"il-malocchio-book-andrea-simonato-9789198760606","title":"IL MALOCCHIO","description":"According to old pagan beliefs Il Malocchio or ‘the evil eye’ is a curse causing bad luck and misfortune.  In his debut book Il Malocchio Italian photographer Andrea Simonato depicts the quiet villages of his home region of Vicenza in the Northern Italy as upon this curse of unluckiness causing decay and abandonment.  On his walks through sleeping villages and their empty buildings, dark woods and resting groves Simonato makes extraordinary findings in the seemingly common surroundings.  The work echoes both longing and hope, creating a beautiful and poetic, yet mysterious ode to a place called home.   “When photographing I try to keep an open mind to whatever I come across.  What I look for in a subject is to catch its enigmatic character, what it seems to be hiding rather than what it lets you see.  Photographing in black and white helps me to abstract reality more easily by creating a sort of parallel world that is precisely that of the photographic narrative itself.  Il Malocchio creates a conceptual frame for my work, as it is inherent for me to explore the mysterious side of things. ”","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49753199739153,"sku":"NGR9789198760606","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9198760602.jpg?v=1751097234"},{"product_id":"antro-book-andrea-simonato-9789198760637","title":"Antro","description":"Delving beneath the surface of everyday life, Andrea Simonato explores a world of underground caves and stone quarries in his second monograph, Antro. Historically prompting a wide array of interpretations -such as sacred boundaries between the human and divine, practical places of refuge or dwellings of the supernatural- caves have attracted countless cultures due to their distinctly ambiguous qualities. Today, these underground structures offer a stark contrast to the precisely defined nature of our above-ground surroundings. The entanglement of corridors and caverns seemingly strip themselves of worldly notions and, in their presence, ask us to do the same. Wandering through a cluster in the hills of South Vicenza, Italy, Andrea delicately approaches both the intricacies and magnitude of these spaces. “During the time of the pandemic, I made a habit of climbing the paths leading to the caves and abandoned quarries in the hills near my home. I couldn't say exactly what drove me to go all the way back there each time, perhaps it was just a way of distancing myself from what was happening. There was a calmness and a sense of stability in those places that somehow contrasted the uncertainty and emotional chaos of those months. Entering them and surrendering to their silence and shadows was like stepping into another world and leaving everything else behind, at least for a while.”","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52153588678929,"sku":"NGR9789198760637","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789198760637.jpg?v=1757620846"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-andrea-simonato.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}