Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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Before You, Santa Claus, Life was like a Moonless Night
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Namekuji Soshi Gaiden (signed)
by Masahito Agake
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Now I wanna be your dog! (signed - last copy)
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Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
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Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
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British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
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Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
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Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75
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Andante (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
Photographs: Alex Maioli
Publisher: Cesura Publish
74 pages
Pictures: 40
Year: 2018
Comments: first edition of 750 copies, offset, embossed cover, size: 15x21 cm
Andante is the catalogue of an exhibition that goes from 1985 to 2018, in which the artist Alex Majoli researches the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The subtle line between reality and theatre, documentary and art, human behaviour and acting is the exact friction that amazes and makes him go back on the streets and in the places where the human condition is put into question. Even in the most tragic of miseries, he is capable to find the pride and, most of all, the greatness of human soul. Majoli can be considered a provocateur for the images he uses: he represents the theatrical dynamics of life, the human actions seem to take inspiration from a theatre show and he emphasizes all the drama of everyday’s life using artificial light. His photos become scenes where people in their “performance/life” express themselves on what becomes an undeclared stage or film set.
The career of Alex Majoli, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos starts very early in the atelier of Casadio and Malanca. It is only after having photographed the closing of the renowned mental institution on the island of Leros in Greece that he finds his identity as an artist, giving birth to his first namesake monography . The initial interest of the artist in the theories of the pioneer of the modern concept of mental health Franco Basaglia, who is also famous for having abolished mental hospitals in Italy, pushes him to go to Brasil, where the theories are enthusiastically adopted. Alex Majoli has photographed the South American country for twenty years, collecting a series of images depicting the complex Brazilian society in the project Tudo bom, which is still in progress.
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Veins
by Anders Petersen & Jacob Aue Sobol
sold out -
El Rectangulo en la Mano
by Sergio Larrain
Euro 39 -
René Burri - Fotograf und Weltensammler (signed)
by René Burri
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Jeddah Diary
by Olivia Arthur
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Istanbul
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Stump
by Christopher Anderson
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Snowflakes Dog Man (signed)
by Hajime Kimura
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Before You, Santa Claus, Life was like a Moonless Night
by Andrea Alessio
Euro 58 -
All about Golf (signed)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 63.80 -
Namekuji Soshi Gaiden (signed)
by Masahito Agake
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Now I wanna be your dog! (signed - last copy)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
Another Language: 8 Japanese Photographers
by various photographers
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Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 60.00 -
Tuareg Women
by Christine de Grancy
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British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
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Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
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El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
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Golden days before they end (English edition) - used copy
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 46.40 -
Japan Sea
by Shunji Dodo
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Land Rover 1950s
by George Rodger
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René Burri: One World
by René Burri
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Valparaiso
by Alberto Garcia-Alix
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VENTI OCEANICI (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
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by Fabio Tasca
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by Mario Giacomelli
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