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This book reproduces Guidi’s original prints from that period, with their high contrast, unusual blurring and definition, and the slanted, sometimes barely legible handwritten annotations. Evoking the joys of invention and collaboration at the start of an artistic career, these fragments also reflect the psychological, social, and political turmoil of Italy during a time of crisis and questioning of social values, assimilating the influences of neorealism and postmodernism in the search for new forms. The fundamental photographic theme of time—as it is recorded, experienced, and manipulated—is their elusive constant. With Di sguincio, we discover a collection of anti-documents or anachronistic documents—stamped, annotated, and sometimes artificially aged—that ironically comment on photography’s claims to truth and reveal the foundations of a lifelong commitment to the medium’s possibilities.
MACK Books, 2023
144 pages
30.5 × 24.5 cm
ISBN 9781915743015
This book reproduces Guidi’s original prints from that period, with their high contrast, unusual blurring and definition, and the slanted, sometimes barely legible handwritten annotations. Evoking the joys of invention and collaboration at the start of an artistic career, these fragments also reflect the psychological, social, and political turmoil of Italy during a time of crisis and questioning of social values, assimilating the influences of neorealism and postmodernism in the search for new forms. The fundamental photographic theme of time—as it is recorded, experienced, and manipulated—is their elusive constant. With Di sguincio, we discover a collection of anti-documents or anachronistic documents—stamped, annotated, and sometimes artificially aged—that ironically comment on photography’s claims to truth and reveal the foundations of a lifelong commitment to the medium’s possibilities.
MACK Books, 2023
144 pages
30.5 × 24.5 cm
ISBN 9781915743015
