BATTAGLIA, Letizia - Dovere Di Cronaca - IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!

Background information

The photographer, Letizia BATTAGLIA (b. 1935) is an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photographs document a broad spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the mafia. Letizia BATTAGLIA has won numerous awards, including W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography (1985), the Erich Salomon Prize (DGPh, 2007) and the Cornell Capa Infinity Award of the ICP (2009).
'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' by Letizia BATTAGLIA is "A 'catalog of war,' because, in reality, there are no other words to define what happened in Sicily between the end of the 1970's and that of the 1980's: a war that saw Letizia BATTAGLIA and Franco Zecchin, without heroic ambitions in the forefront." (publisher's note)

Italian description

'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' da Letizia BATTAGLIA e "Un catalogo di guerra, perché, in realtà, non ci sono altre parole per definire quello che è successo in Sicilia tra la fine degli anni Settanta e quella degli anni Ottanta: una guerra che ha visto Letizia BATTAGLIA e Franco ZECCHIN, senza velleità eroiche, in prima linea." (publisher's note)

Content

"The long-outlawed bilingual photo volume 'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' by Letizia BATTAGLIA shows the inscriptions that occurred in Sicily between the late 1970s and the 1980s: a war that Letizia BATTAGLIA and Franco Zecchin documented without heroic ambitions are highly readable! Among other already out of print books, this is the most impressive. Photo volume 'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' is thread-stitched, which allows the double-pages to be viewed without loss. The white paperback is surrounded by a cardboard envelope with portraits on its insides. 'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' is a very appealing overall title designed by Mario PELITI, whose pictures get under your skin and are also highly photographic and aesthetically pleasing.

Additional information

The photo volume 'Dovere di Cronaca. The Duty to Report' by Letizia BATTAGLIA was published with to different covers (as you can see in the pictures) but with the same content.

About Italian photographer, Letizia BATTAGLIA (1935-2022)

Photo books by as well as with works by Letizia BATTAGLIA