Denis Curti – författare

"When I picture my region, I simply look, I don't think: I let my heart direct me and life unfold. This country awakens in me a deep emotion. There, time stops. I become a child again, everything amazes me. This is timeless Italy", explains Emanuele Scorcelletti. Emanuele Scorcelletti's book thus presents a deep and meticulous photographic journey in black and white that touches on one of the most current reflections of contemporary man on the importance of places as fundamental elements to define his personal approach. of existence. The Marches are therefore the protagonists of research on the notion of place, studied in the relationships it establishes with the individuals who live there, who have lived there or who have forged strong ties with it.As the title of the project suggests, the book is offered as a poetic composition which, as in the most refined elegies, is divided into two parts: that of memory and that of vision, the first melancholy and evocative, the second fiery and exalted. Classic images with balanced geometries characterize the first section of the book, while the shots in the second section are loaded with expressionistic and vibrant tones.

Regarded as one of the greatest contemporary photographers, David LaChapelle is an irreverent artist, combining a hyperrealistic, almost caricatural aesthetic with profound social messages. At once acclaimed for his celebrated nude photographs and criticized for having too close ties to the American star system, LaChapelle has shown his work at the world s principal museums. On the one hand, this monograph looks back over his artistic career, with around eighty-five works that date from its beginnings, in the 1980s, up until more recent years, with all the most important series, such as Good News for Modern Man, Earth Laughs in Flowers, Negative Currency Project, or Still Life; on the other, it presents a completely new series, New World, for the first time. New World is the climax of the reflection on faith, life, and the importance of nature that have accompanied LaChapelle throughout his life; it explores the longing for intact nature and spirituality in the world today. It is a colourful, exotic dream presenting the moods and secrets of mind and faith, inextricably linked to living nature.

A charming portrait of early-20th-century European society through the lens of Lartigue, with 55 unpublished photographsDespite becoming interested in photography when he was barely in double digits, French artist Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) didn’t achieve mainstream recognition until he was nearly 70 years old. A 1963 exhibition of his boyhood photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York prompted new appreciation for his pictures, which bore a clear affinity with the street photography of the great humanist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.Though he mainly supported himself as a painter later on in life, Lartigue was devoted to the art of photography and continued to capture the world around him until he was in his 90s, beginning with domestic candid shots in his childhood and later depicting the upper crust of European society.With their motion-blur and frequently grinning, unposed subjects, Lartigue’s images convey the photographer’s genuine passion for life and a consistent interest in everyday moments. The book presents 120 images from Lartigue’s numerous personal photo albums, including 55 pictures that have never been published before.

An incomparable photographer with images from all over the world, Roiter started to take photographs in 1947. For twenty-five years, he preferred to use black and white, with an uncompromising formal and compositional rigor and a technique rooted in contrast, a technique he would continue to seek even in his later work with colour. The catalogue celebrates Fulvio Roiter with essays by Italo Zannier and Denis Curti and an anthology of writings on his art. The photographs are organized into thematic sections: Venice in Black and White, The Tree, Venice in Colour, Italy in Black and White, Around the World and A Man Without Desires.

This is the largest monograph to date for Italian photographer Ugo Mulas (1928–73), known for his street photography capturing the downtown New York art scene in the ’60s, as well as his portraits of iconic artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol and others.

Scenes of natural disaster and human conflict from Italy’s leading photojournalistInternationally recognized Italian photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin (born 1964) has documented many human and natural disasters. Combining the vision of the reporter with the visual intensity of the artist, Telling the World presents all the main themes covered over the course of his career.