Letizia Battaglia by Letizia Battaglia
Over 300 newly published works by Letizia Battaglia (born 1935), one of Italy's most celebrated photographers, are collected in this major new survey spanning the entirety of her 30-year photographic career. In photographs and contact prints from Battaglia's own archive, the book offers a comprehensive review of her work's civically engaged model for photography, typified by her iconic depictions of political protests and Mafia killings in her native Palermo in Sicily, taken while Battaglia was employed as photography director at the leftist daily newspaper L'Ora. 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.
A pure and thoughtful pleasure to browse through, "Letizia Battaglia: Photography as a Life Choice" is a singularly extraordinary and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Contemporary Photography collections* Midwest Book Review *
Francesca Alfano Miglietti is a critic and lecturer at the Brera Academy of Art in Milan. She is also an exhibition curator and the author of various contemporary art books and essays.
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| ISBN 13 | 9788831744331 |
| ISBN 10 | 883174433X |
| Title | Letizia Battaglia |
| Author | Letizia Battaglia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Marsilio |
| Year published | 2019-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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