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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British Rituals
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The End of Manufacturing
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by Cristina de Middel
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Golden days before they end (English edition)
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Live in the house and it will not fall down
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by Andrea Attardi
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Il Cretto Grande (signed - last copy)
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Oyster
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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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-
Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 37.50 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
Chinesen
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 18 -
Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75
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Gypsies
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Stump
by Christopher Anderson
Euro 34 -
Our daily bread
by Erich Hartmann
Euro 52 -
Sharkification (book + print - last two copies)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 375 -
Louvreland (last copy)
by Erich Lessing
sold out -
Hafiz (signed - last copy)
by Sabiha Çimen
Euro 140
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Tree Stone Water (signed)
by Gerry Johansson
sold out -
Cirkus - Eclisse #3
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
Kuroyami (signed)
by Sakiko Nomura
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Unnamed Road
by Jungjin Lee
sold out -
Work (signed)
by Brian Griffin
Euro 165
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Manplan Two
by Patrick Ward
Euro 18 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
For Birds' Sake (signed)
by Maria Sturm | Cemre Yesil
sold out -
Golden days before they end (English edition)
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 -
Various Covered Automobiles.
by Takashi Homma
sold out -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39
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PANOPTICON (signed)
by Riccardo Dogana
Euro 105 -
Live in the house and it will not fall down
by Alessandro Laita & Chiaralice Rizzi
Euro 45 -
Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Il Cretto Grande (signed - last copy)
by Massimo Siragusa
Euro 52 -
Oyster
by Marco Marzocchi
sold out
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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.
More books by Alex Majoli
more books tagged »reportage« | >> see all
-
Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 37.50 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
Chinesen
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 18 -
Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Gypsies
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Stump
by Christopher Anderson
Euro 34 -
Our daily bread
by Erich Hartmann
Euro 52 -
Sharkification (book + print - last two copies)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 375 -
Louvreland (last copy)
by Erich Lessing
sold out -
Hafiz (signed - last copy)
by Sabiha Çimen
Euro 140
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-
Tree Stone Water (signed)
by Gerry Johansson
sold out -
Cirkus - Eclisse #3
by Joze Suhadolnik
sold out -
Kuroyami (signed)
by Sakiko Nomura
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
Unnamed Road
by Jungjin Lee
sold out -
Work (signed)
by Brian Griffin
Euro 165
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-
Manplan Two
by Patrick Ward
Euro 18 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
For Birds' Sake (signed)
by Maria Sturm | Cemre Yesil
sold out -
Golden days before they end (English edition)
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 -
Various Covered Automobiles.
by Takashi Homma
sold out -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
PANOPTICON (signed)
by Riccardo Dogana
Euro 105 -
Live in the house and it will not fall down
by Alessandro Laita & Chiaralice Rizzi
Euro 45 -
Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
Euro 30 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Il Cretto Grande (signed - last copy)
by Massimo Siragusa
Euro 52 -
Oyster
by Marco Marzocchi
sold out
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