Fotografia italiana 1955

Robert Mapplethorpe, Herbert Muschamp
teNeues France

Flower are one of the most common subjects for artwork, yet Mapplethorpe excels at bringing something radically new to his flower photographs. Setting them in a universe apart, their poses are classical, reduced to a series of essential forms. Their compositions are profoundly simple but mask a complex dynamic. Each one is evocative, and almost always sexually charged. When photographed by Mapplethorpe, these delicate organisms become almost muscular in their raw power. AUTHOR: Robert Mapplethorpe was born in 1946 and was raised in Long Island, New York. He received a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. By the early 1980s, he challenged the definition of photography with new techniques and formats. Mapplethorpe continued to create powerful images until his death from AIDS in 1989. 53 colour & 227 duotone photos

Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthur Coleman Danto
TeNeues

This major, long out-of-print survey, widely regarded as the definitive overview of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photography, is once again available in a new, updated edition. It presents a comprehensive selection of Mapplethorpe's nudes, portraits, self-portraits, floral still lifes and other works, including his best known and most controversial images. Mapplethorpe's choices were both innovative and bold, and his work has continued to resonate since his early death in 1989. His cutting-edge use of homoerotic and other challenging themes has become embedded in our culture, with pervasive echoes not only in the work of other artists but in mainstream advertising as well.

Gino Oliva
Fantoni & C.

Mario Cresci
Edizioni Meta

Mel Rosenthal
Curbstone Press

Residents of New York City's South Bronx neighborhood live amidst what is frequently described as the most severe and widespread poverty in any U.S. metropolitan area. In the South Bronx of America is a work which, through documentary photographs, counterpointed with statements by residents and by newspaper reports and statistical information, offers both an intimate view of life in this neighborhood and a context for understanding the last two decades of accelerated social decay. In the words of Penny Coleman, New York Times photographer, In the South Bronx of America, "is important because it is not cynical, because it is a sincere attempt to provide the awareness necessary for change."

Masafumi Sanai
Heibonsha

Gabriele Basilico
RCS Libri

Come si "legge" una fotografia? Gabriele Basilico prova in questo libro a dare una risposta attraverso una panoramica dei suoi lavori. Un racconto costruito come un film, fotogrammi su cui vengono messi in evidenza tracciati, annotazioni, affinità visive.

Fulvio Roiter
Thames and Hudson

Elliot Erwitt
Phaidon

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s.e.

Ferdinando Scianna
RCS Libri

Una raccolta di saggi in cui Ferdinando Scianna affronta molti temi legati alla fotografia. I testi analizzano le relazioni della fotografia con la nostra società e l'eterna contraddizione dei rapporti tra fotografia e arte. Nella seconda parte del volume, Scianna ci introduce al lavoro di cinquanta grandi fotografi di tutti i tempi da Henri Cartier-Bresson a Josef Koudelka, da Robert Capa a Boris Mikhailov.

Chiara Samugheo
Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta