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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Euro 75 -
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Chinesen
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Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
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by Claude Nori
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Orion Collector's edition (signed - book + print)
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by Alec Soth
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SMALL WORLD (signed)
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by Jonas Bendiksen
sold out -
Brighton Picture Hunt
by Alec Soth
sold out -
Wall
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Song Book (third printing - signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55
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The Gardener (book + print)
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by Karl Hoedl
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Euro 29.90 -
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Euro 52 -
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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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The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
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Ferdinand Schmutzer - A Photographic Discovery (review copy)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 -
Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75 -
Die grossen Fotografinnen
by various photographers
sold out -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 9.50 -
Chinesen
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Euro 60
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NOUS (signed)
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Breviario Siciliano
by Andrea Attardi
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Prison Photography
by Nicolo Degiorgis
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Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Italian Holidays (signed)
by Claude Nori
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Orion Collector's edition (signed - book + print)
by Christopher De Béthune
sold out
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The Parameters of Our Cage (last copy)
by Alec Soth
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SMALL WORLD (signed)
by Martin Parr
Euro 49 -
Satellites
by Jonas Bendiksen
sold out -
Brighton Picture Hunt
by Alec Soth
sold out -
Wall
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Song Book (third printing - signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55
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The Gardener (book + print)
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Entrevistas
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Achtzehn Hochhäuser in Wels (signed)
by Karl Hoedl
Euro 29 -
Sentimental Journey 2
by Nobuyoshi Araki
Euro 60 -
On the Road Again 1969 & 1971
by Homer Sykes
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Weymouth '76—'77 The Watchers
by Iain McKell
Euro 9.50
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Stories: 1, Train Church (last copy)
by Santu Mofokeng
Euro 29.90 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Welcome to the Machines
by various photographers
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Fisnik
by Guido Gazzilli
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by Lucy Helton
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A Critic's Eye
by Richard Bartholomew
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