This book traces a brief history of contemporary Italian photography which came of age during the post World War II years, at the same time that the cities that are documented were starting to be rebuilt. By the early 1950s a new generation of Italian photographers such as Ugo Mulas and Giorgio Avigdor began photographing the new cities with tough, high-contrast pictures in the wake of such 'neo-Realist' movies as 'The Bicycle Thief' and 'Miracle in Milan'. In the following decades Italian photographers such as Mimmo Jodice ...
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This book traces a brief history of contemporary Italian photography which came of age during the post World War II years, at the same time that the cities that are documented were starting to be rebuilt. By the early 1950s a new generation of Italian photographers such as Ugo Mulas and Giorgio Avigdor began photographing the new cities with tough, high-contrast pictures in the wake of such 'neo-Realist' movies as 'The Bicycle Thief' and 'Miracle in Milan'. In the following decades Italian photographers such as Mimmo Jodice, Gabriele Basilico, Vincenzo Castella, Guido Guidi and later Paola de Pietri and Walter Niedermayr began travelling within the urban fabric of cities reproducing the gaze of anonymous citizens and ordinary passers-by living their everyday urban life. Includes essays in English and Italian by photohistorian Antonella Russo, Deborah Bershad, Executive Director, Art Commission of the City of New York, and Bernardo Secchi, professor of Urban Studies at the University of Venezia, Italy.
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New. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated laminated stiff wrappers. Photographs by Giorgio Avigdor, Gabriele Basilico, Vincenzo Castella, Paola De Pietri, Guidi Guido, Mimmo Jodice, Ugo Mulas And Walter Niedermayr. Preface by Peter S. Walsh. Essays (in English and Italian) by Antonella Russo, Bernardo Secchi and Deborah Bershad. Edited by Antonella Russo. Includes a list of works. 120 pp. with 35 four-color and 33 black and white plates, and 22 additional color and black and white reference illustrations, beautifully printed by Grafiche Morandi, Fusignano, Italy. 11 x 11-7/8 inches. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition An Eye for the City, guest curated by Antonella Russo, at The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (travels to numerous venues). New. A beautifully reproduced catalogue of new work by some of the best and most influential Italian photographic artists.
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New. 0944282229. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English and Italian. 120 pp. With 86 ills. (40 col. ). 28 x 31 cm. --with a bonus offer--