the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
Photographs: Tony Gentile
Text: Davido Enia
Publisher: postcart
180 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-8898391264
Comments: English
Coverage of Palermo: street life, politics, murders, and an undeclared war that in the nineties hit an entire city. This book reconstructs a piece of Italian history through memories that will allow a younger generation to know the facts that may no longer be remembered, knowledge that is essential for growth. In a contact print from negatives of pictures taken on March 27, 1992, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino are sitting at the same table. Of the four pictures from that afternoon more than twenty years ago, one has become an icon of an Italy that no longer exists. Capturing a moment in time, as Leonardo Sciascia once put it, can be "a unique photograph, a moment of unrepeatable equilibrium between form and content." Life and death alternately sweetly. Among his negatives there is neither indulgence nor any attempt to evoke pity.
They are not part of the baggage he carries while he shoots pictures. Instead, it is news, documenting an event and passing it on for what it is. He shoots. Others can decode, others can attribute meta-linguistic meanings to what is simply a picture.
more books tagged »War « | >> see all
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
Albania (signed)
by Reiner Riedler
Euro 50 -
Zine Collection N°3: The Emptiness (signed + print)
by Zhu Mo
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
Aphasia (signed - last copies)
by Andreas Trogisch
Euro 55 -
Le nom qui efface la couleur (signed)
by Israel Ariño
Euro 33
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Venice 1954
by Jakob Tuggener
Euro 63 -
Casa Verdi
by Eric Bachmann
sold out -
Prison Photography
by Nicolo Degiorgis
sold out
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
by Nicolo Degiorgis
Euro 35 -
Domestic Landscapes (signed + prints)
by Valentino Barachini
sold out -
ÉTÉ (signed)
by Olaf Unverzart
sold out -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77 69.30 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »Sicily« | >> see all
-
Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
Blanco (last copy)
by Awoiska Van Der Molen
Euro 80 -
'68 Altrove (signed)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 35 -
Continente Sicilia (signed - last copy)
by Franco Zecchin
Euro 50
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
Photographs: Tony Gentile
Text: Davido Enia
Publisher: postcart
180 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-8898391264
Comments: English
Coverage of Palermo: street life, politics, murders, and an undeclared war that in the nineties hit an entire city. This book reconstructs a piece of Italian history through memories that will allow a younger generation to know the facts that may no longer be remembered, knowledge that is essential for growth. In a contact print from negatives of pictures taken on March 27, 1992, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino are sitting at the same table. Of the four pictures from that afternoon more than twenty years ago, one has become an icon of an Italy that no longer exists. Capturing a moment in time, as Leonardo Sciascia once put it, can be "a unique photograph, a moment of unrepeatable equilibrium between form and content." Life and death alternately sweetly. Among his negatives there is neither indulgence nor any attempt to evoke pity.
They are not part of the baggage he carries while he shoots pictures. Instead, it is news, documenting an event and passing it on for what it is. He shoots. Others can decode, others can attribute meta-linguistic meanings to what is simply a picture.
more books tagged »War « | >> see all
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
Albania (signed)
by Reiner Riedler
Euro 50 -
Zine Collection N°3: The Emptiness (signed + print)
by Zhu Mo
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
Aphasia (signed - last copies)
by Andreas Trogisch
Euro 55 -
Le nom qui efface la couleur (signed)
by Israel Ariño
Euro 33
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Venice 1954
by Jakob Tuggener
Euro 63 -
Casa Verdi
by Eric Bachmann
sold out -
Prison Photography
by Nicolo Degiorgis
sold out
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
by Nicolo Degiorgis
Euro 35 -
Domestic Landscapes (signed + prints)
by Valentino Barachini
sold out -
ÉTÉ (signed)
by Olaf Unverzart
sold out -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77 69.30 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »Sicily« | >> see all
-
Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
Blanco (last copy)
by Awoiska Van Der Molen
Euro 80 -
'68 Altrove (signed)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 35 -
Continente Sicilia (signed - last copy)
by Franco Zecchin
Euro 50
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
Photographs: Tony Gentile
Text: Davido Enia
Publisher: postcart
180 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-8898391264
Comments: English
Coverage of Palermo: street life, politics, murders, and an undeclared war that in the nineties hit an entire city. This book reconstructs a piece of Italian history through memories that will allow a younger generation to know the facts that may no longer be remembered, knowledge that is essential for growth. In a contact print from negatives of pictures taken on March 27, 1992, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino are sitting at the same table. Of the four pictures from that afternoon more than twenty years ago, one has become an icon of an Italy that no longer exists. Capturing a moment in time, as Leonardo Sciascia once put it, can be "a unique photograph, a moment of unrepeatable equilibrium between form and content." Life and death alternately sweetly. Among his negatives there is neither indulgence nor any attempt to evoke pity.
They are not part of the baggage he carries while he shoots pictures. Instead, it is news, documenting an event and passing it on for what it is. He shoots. Others can decode, others can attribute meta-linguistic meanings to what is simply a picture.
more books tagged »War « | >> see all
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
Albania (signed)
by Reiner Riedler
Euro 50 -
Zine Collection N°3: The Emptiness (signed + print)
by Zhu Mo
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
Aphasia (signed - last copies)
by Andreas Trogisch
Euro 55 -
Le nom qui efface la couleur (signed)
by Israel Ariño
Euro 33
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Venice 1954
by Jakob Tuggener
Euro 63 -
Casa Verdi
by Eric Bachmann
sold out -
Prison Photography
by Nicolo Degiorgis
sold out
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
by Nicolo Degiorgis
Euro 35 -
Domestic Landscapes (signed + prints)
by Valentino Barachini
sold out -
ÉTÉ (signed)
by Olaf Unverzart
sold out -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77 69.30 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »Sicily« | >> see all
-
Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
Blanco (last copy)
by Awoiska Van Der Molen
Euro 80 -
'68 Altrove (signed)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 35 -
Continente Sicilia (signed - last copy)
by Franco Zecchin
Euro 50
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com