Mother, water, land, home: these are the cornerstones of Mario Giacomelli's poetic imagery, as microscopically observed and recounted by Sandro Genovali, the photographer's student and friend. Evoking Shadows reveals surprising analogies between the photographer and Frederico Fellini, and explores, in a warm-hearted and engrossing essay, the stories of Giacomelli's most famous pictures.

Mario Giacomelli: Evoking Shadow

Arts & Photography

Genovali, Sandro

Giacomelli, Mario

Photography & Video

Charta

The title Cose Mai Viste translates literally as "things never seen," and applies here in two senses. The most direct describes works never before shown, never exhibited or published. The broader describes views that no one but Giacomelli has ever seen, moments when only he was there. Now that he is gone, only his prints remain to describe them--or transform them. As a self-taught artist who became a star of postwar Italian photography, Mario Giacomelli (1913-2000) made his name with images of the country around him, particularly the series There Are No Hands to Caress My Face, which showed young seminarians playing in the snow, in brilliant graphic contrast to their black cassocks. His single frame "The Boy from Scanno," also made its way into exceptionally wide circulation in John Szarkiowski's classic Looking at Photographs. The 230 images collected here, which range from the 1960s to the 90s, are at once familiar--like the monk playing soccer on the cover--and all new--he's playing on the grass.

Mario Giacomelli: Cose Mai Viste

Cucchi, Enzo

Individual Artists

Photology

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