THEN show in Milan 300 works organized with precious care to understand the chapters of his research. A simple and clear exhibition so that everyone can know and understand it and discover its passions and obsessions. His relationship with art and love for poetry, he who had not studied, son of farmers, became the most complete and acclaimed photographer that this country has had. He exposed a lot, never enough to say after seeing the preview of the Milanese exhibition and, although the fame arrived early – already in 1964 John Szarkowki, director of the photography department from MOMA of New York acquires the series Scanno And I have no hands that caress my face – Observing the current exhibition and imagining the Roman one, you have the feeling that despite the size of these exhibitions, it is not exhausted but that, in that immense archive, there are still many treasures to find. The imposing catalog, published by Silvana Editoriale, collects the hundreds of exposed images and a series of critical essays and extremely interesting and exhaustive biographical notes.
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