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Including affecting portraits of subjects such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, the mob boss Leoluca Bagaere and the Sicilian politician Piersanti Mattarella (assassinated by the Mafia), the photographs in this collection showcase Battaglia's attention to the most decisive events in Italy, both political and cultural, along with non-newsworthy records of the daily lives of people in Palermo.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738613752081,"sku":"NGR9788831744331","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51330056651025,"sku":"CIN883174433XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51416122360081,"sku":"NIN9788831744331","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52141876576529,"sku":"NLS9788831744331","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52939559895313,"sku":"GOR014661211","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52941054804241,"sku":"GOR012450700","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/883174433X.jpg?v=1750774500"},{"product_id":"letizia-battaglia-anthology-book-letizia-battaglia-9788898565184","title":"Letizia Battaglia: Anthology","description":"A large selection of Letizia Battaglia's iconic black and white images are presented in this catalogue, guiding the reader along a journey into one of post-war Italy's darkest periods. Drawing from Battaglia's personal archive, the book also includes some of the photographer's more recent projects. It offers a unique approach to her genre-defining work (often likened to that of American 'crime' photographer Weegee) and a chance to reflect on the role of photography as an individual and collective means for taking action, bearing witness, providing evidence and documenting history.  The Daily Beast wrote that Battaglia's pictures capture \"Mafia judges and police officers, many dead in their cars with blood so fresh it glimmers like water.\"  Yet some present daily Sicilian life with \"young girls playing on the cobbled streets and wealthy women in fur collars sipping champagne.\" The breadth of Battaglia's ouevre paints a portrait of Sicily across the turning point of the centuries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50509209796881,"sku":"GOR013977755","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8898565186.jpg?v=1750808625"},{"product_id":"letizia-battaglia-bilingual-edition-book-letizia-battaglia-9788869659782","title":"Letizia Battaglia (Bilingual edition)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51214906884369,"sku":"GOR014200835","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51217093984529,"sku":"GOR014050145","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51705788793105,"sku":"NGR9788869659782","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/886965978X.jpg?v=1766659122"},{"product_id":"world-is-mine-for-the-taking-book-letizia-battaglia-9798994314418","title":"The World Is Mine For The Taking","description":"Letizia Battaglia (1935-2022) did not just photograph the Sicilian Mafia; she waged war on them. Picking up a camera in her forties, she became the first woman to document the brutal internal wars of the Cosa Nostra, producing images of such forensic and emotional power that they came to define the 'Years of Lead' in Italy. From the assassination of Piersanti Mattarella to the arrest of the 'Boss of Bosses,' Battaglia created what she called an 'archive of blood,' armed only with her camera and an unyielding gaze. Beyond being a memoir, 'The World Is Mine for the Taking' stands as a critical historical document. Through a series of intense, intimate conversations with journalist Sabrina Pisu, Battaglia recounts a life driven by defiance: her escape from a repressive marriage, her time as a Green Party politician fighting corruption, and her vital role in the prosecutions of senior Mafia figures- including the sensational discovery of photographic evidence linking Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti to the mob. Illustrated with a curated selection of her most iconic black-and-white photographs-capturing both the carnage of crime scenes and the 'invincible dreams' of Sicilian girls-this book offers a searing reflection on art, trauma, and the price of witnessing. It is an essential volume for readers of feminist history, photojournalism, and true crime.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53613252182289,"sku":"NGR9798994314418","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798994314418.jpg?v=1780317043"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-letizia-battaglia.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}