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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The End of Manufacturing
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by Regina Maria Anzenberger
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by Andreas Trogisch
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Farewell to Bosnia
by Gilles Peress
Euro 165 -
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
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by Simon Chaput
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by Christiano Volk
Euro 25 -
UMBRATILE (signed)
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sold out -
Ballad of Woods and Wounds
by Tomaso Clavarino & Patrizio Anastasi
Euro 35 -
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
sold out -
VENTI OCEANICI (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
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Peter
by Carma Casulá
Euro 44 -
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by Markus Rasp
Euro 25 -
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by Takashi Homma
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Euro 50 -
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by Martin Parr
Euro 49 -
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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 -
British Rituals
by David Levenson
Euro 25 -
Die Sahraouis
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
The End of Manufacturing
by John Myers
Euro 25 -
Chinesen
by Christine de Grancy
Euro 60 -
Austrian Documentary Photography
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 75
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Floating
by Thomas Boivin
sold out -
à propos de Paris
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Desiderata (signed - last copy)
by Andreas Trogisch
sold out -
Farewell to Bosnia
by Gilles Peress
Euro 165 -
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Jantar Mantar
by Simon Chaput
Euro 77
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Sinking Stone
by Christiano Volk
Euro 25 -
UMBRATILE (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 39 -
Orion (last copy - signed)
by Christopher De Béthune
sold out -
Ballad of Woods and Wounds
by Tomaso Clavarino & Patrizio Anastasi
Euro 35 -
the WAR - A Sicilian Story
by Tony Gentile
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VENTI OCEANICI (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
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Peter
by Carma Casulá
Euro 44 -
Contemporary German Photography
by Markus Rasp
Euro 25 -
Thirtyfour Parking Lots (signed)
by Takashi Homma
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Once a Year. Some Traditional British Customs.
by Homer Sykes
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éphéMèRes (signed)
by Maria Rennhofer
Euro 50 -
Anderswo (signed + print)
by Erich Lessing
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SMALL WORLD (signed)
by Martin Parr
Euro 49 -
I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 66 -
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by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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by Inge Morath
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Josef Koudelka
by Josef Koudelka
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by Carolyn Drake
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