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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Euro 44 -
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Euro 165 -
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by Davide Monteleone
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by Valentino Barachini
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by Valentino Barachini
sold out
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by Regina Maria Anzenberger
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Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
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by various photographers
sold out
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by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
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by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
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by Martin Parr
sold out -
Heartland (signed - last copy)
by Thomas Hoepker
sold out -
American Color 2
by Constantine Manos
sold out -
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by Larry Towell
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Anderswo (signed)
by Erich Lessing
Euro 165 -
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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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’O Post Mio
by Francesca Leonardi
Euro 44 -
The Iceberg
by Giorgio di Noto
sold out -
Orion (last copy - signed)
by Christopher De Béthune
Euro 165 -
Dusha - Anima Russa
by Davide Monteleone
Euro 35 -
ODORE DANIMA (signed + print)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
Domestic Landscapes (signed + prints)
by Valentino Barachini
sold out
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The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 18 -
Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 37.50 -
Chinesen
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 40 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Omaha Sketchbook
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Life's a Beach
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Heartland (signed - last copy)
by Thomas Hoepker
sold out -
American Color 2
by Constantine Manos
sold out -
The World From My Front Porch
by Larry Towell
sold out
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Anderswo (signed)
by Erich Lessing
Euro 165 -
Achtzehn Hochhäuser in Wels (book + print)
by Karl Hoedl
Euro 300 -
Got to Go
by Rosalind Fox Solomon
Euro 50 -
René Burri: One World
by René Burri
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El Salvador
by Larry Towell
sold out -
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016
by John Radcliffe Studio
Euro 450
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Zine Collection N°14: Nippon (signed+print)
by Emmanuel Angelicas
Euro 44 -
8 Women
by Collier Schorr
sold out -
Tsugaru: Poetry, Writings, Photography
by Ichiro Kojima
sold out -
Reverse series #1: Someone speak for me
by Pasquale Autiero & Frederico Azevedo
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Digital Building
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Sachin
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