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Mario Giacomelli (1925 – 2000)
Untitled (Conatino con colombe), Calabria, Italy, ca. 1984
From the series »Il canto dei nuovi emigranti«
Artikelnummer 085-02630
After more than twenty-five years Giacomelli decided to return to South Italy in 1984/85 and took pictures of Calabria. Later on these photographs formed a series inspired by a poem by Franco Costabile, »Il canto dei nuovi emigranti«. This time Giacomelli found a world that was finally caught by time and had passed through significant changes. It was hardly possible to come across any women vested in a black dress any more. The place so lively inhabited by children several decades ago now seemed populated only by elderly people. The strong black and white contrast of Giacomelli’s »Scanno« and »Puglia« was replaced by Calabria’s shades of grey. In many images there is a strong feeling that modern world brought only disorder and neglect. The one depicting an abandoned and collapsing house with the plate »vendesi« (for sale), speaks for itself.
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Gelatin silver print, print date: 1989
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Bildmaße 28,9 x 37,8 cm (28,9 x 37,8 inch)
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Montage, Rahmen Archival mat board 50 x 60 cm, frame on request
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Zustand
Double weight paper, semi-matte surface -
Beschriftung
Signed in the lower right of the image, photographer's stamp and signed in ink on the reverse -
Literatur
Alistair Crawford, Mario Giacomelli, New York 2001, p. 175, pl. 11; Alessandra Mauro (ed.), Mario Giacomelli. The Black is waiting for the White, Rom 2009, p. 238. -
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