- Paperback: 428 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (8 Jan 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 071484604X
- ISBN-13: 978-0714846040
- Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 25.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 453,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This monograph skilfully rehearses one of the most extraordinary, original and engaging careers in photography' (Times Literary Supplement)
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Born in 1925, Mario Giacomelli died in November 2000. He trained initially as a typographer, and his early interest in graphics became a central part of his later photographic work. Winner of numerous medals and prizes, he achieved international status with exhibitions in Europe, America and Japan. He was intimately involved in the preparation of this book, which was the last major project he undertook, and represents the best of his long career as a photographer and artist. This comprehensive survey demonstrates Giacomelli's highly personal, striking and artistically atmospheric visual style. Each chapter is a carefully chosen sequence of photographs on a particular theme (some with accompanying poems which inspired the sequence). A life-long preoccupation with the life and landscape of his native Italy gives Giacomelli his subject-matter - landscapes, rural townscapes, streetscenes, still life and portraits of everyday Italian life. With 684 beautiful and poetic duotone photographs, this extraordinary and inspiring collection displays a profound understanding of the photographer's country and its people, and a mastery of form and effect that make his photographs imaginative works of art in their own right.
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It was a great surprise to receive the book on time and in such a great state! His work is really beautifully put together!
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John B, photo nut
30 Sep 2007
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This is one of the finest photography books that I own. Each chapter has a very interesting introduction. Mario Giacomelli has to be one of the world's greatest photographers because of the variety of his subjects. This book incudes an incredible number of Giacomelli's pictures. It is almost impossible to forget his pictures of the gypsies and priests. I plan to pass this book on to one of my children or grand children.
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12 Jan 2008
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I loved looking at these photos of a time and a place which no longer exists. They are a beautiful documentary.
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