Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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Atavism (last copy)
by Robert Hutinski
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The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 18 -
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by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
Hibi
by Masahisa Fukase
Euro 55 -
MONO VOLUME TWO
by various photographers
sold out -
Robert Frank | Books and Film, 1947-2014
by Robert Frank
sold out
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Wales. Steel & Coal
by David Hurn
Euro 9.50 -
I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 66 -
The Decisive Moment (last copy)
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
sold out -
Life's a Beach (signed)
by Martin Parr
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In Germany
by Ernst Haas
Euro 95 -
Black Sea of Concrete (signed + print - last copy)
by Rafal Milach
sold out
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El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
sold out -
The Non-Conformists (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
East End '76 Hackney
by Thierry Girard
Euro 18 -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39 19.50 -
Peru's Amazonian Eden: Manu (slightly damaged)
by André & Cornelia Bärtschi
sold out -
El Salvador
by Larry Towell
sold out
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Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
blue as gold (last copy)
by Nicolo Degiorgis
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The Iceberg
by Giorgio di Noto
sold out -
Finisterrae - 2/5 terra di confine
by Michele Palazzi
sold out -
Nativity Scenes (book + print)
by Marco Rigamonti
Euro 66 -
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
sold out
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Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 -
Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 37.50 -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 32.00 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 42.00
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Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Atavism (last copy)
by Robert Hutinski
sold out -
The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 18 -
Cirkus - Eclisse #3
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
Hibi
by Masahisa Fukase
Euro 55 -
MONO VOLUME TWO
by various photographers
sold out -
Robert Frank | Books and Film, 1947-2014
by Robert Frank
sold out
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Wales. Steel & Coal
by David Hurn
Euro 9.50 -
I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 66 -
The Decisive Moment (last copy)
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
sold out -
Life's a Beach (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
In Germany
by Ernst Haas
Euro 95 -
Black Sea of Concrete (signed + print - last copy)
by Rafal Milach
sold out
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El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
sold out -
The Non-Conformists (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
East End '76 Hackney
by Thierry Girard
Euro 18 -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39 19.50 -
Peru's Amazonian Eden: Manu (slightly damaged)
by André & Cornelia Bärtschi
sold out -
El Salvador
by Larry Towell
sold out
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Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
blue as gold (last copy)
by Nicolo Degiorgis
sold out -
The Iceberg
by Giorgio di Noto
sold out -
Finisterrae - 2/5 terra di confine
by Michele Palazzi
sold out -
Nativity Scenes (book + print)
by Marco Rigamonti
Euro 66 -
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
sold out
more books tagged »reportage« | >> see all
-
Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 -
Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 37.50 -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 32.00 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 42.00
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