{"title":"Mario Giacomelli","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mario-giacomelli","title":"Mario Giacomelli","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition first impression in VG condition. There is a 'non mint copy' Phaidon stamp on the front endpage, no internal markings, there is some minor wear to boards and spine (due to weight of book) The dust jacket has some minor scuffmarks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the death of the great, poetic, Italian photographer Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000), Europe lost one of its most talented image-makers. Giacomelli trained initially as a typographer and this early interest in graphic effect became a central part of his later photographic work. Winner of numerous medals and prizes, he achieved international status with exhibitions in Europe, America and Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Giacomelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41008869998801,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/products\/mario-giacomelli-5403201.jpg?v=1781912439"},{"product_id":"under-the-skin-of-reality","title":"Under the Skin of Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Under the Skin of Reality by Mario Giacomelli (2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst impression \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge format hardback in new condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Schilt Publishing \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mario Giacomelli Sassoferrato archive contains some 12,000 photographs (made using various printing techniques), their contact sheets and negatives.\u003cbr\u003eThe mission of the Sassoferrato archive is to provide a philological framework of the works of Giacomelli, in the context in which the artist worked. It therefore offers a unique all-round view of this great artist, whose life path and way of working have been relatively unknown up till now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sassoferrato Archive promotes a new way of looking at Mario Giacomelli, by highlighting his working method; the totally coherent structure that encompasses his entire production and is Giacomelli’s unique style. For Giacomelli, art and life were intrinsically linked, and each series was created in close connection with the previous ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the archive’s director (who is also Giacomelli’s granddaughter) Katiuscia Biondi analyzes the precise code that makes the photographer Giacomelli a continuum, in which every element, every photograph, every gesture of the artist himself  participates in the creation of an ultimate meaning, the total original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Giacomelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517072810193,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/under-the-skin-of-reality-7699540.jpg?v=1779290071"},{"product_id":"questo-ricordo-lo-vorrei-raccontare","title":"Questo ricordo lo vorrei raccontare","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Questo ricordo lo vorrei raccontare by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMario Giacomelli\u003cspan\u003e (2024)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst impression \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLarge format paperback in new condition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In my recent work,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e I would like to tell you about this memory \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethere are underlying spiritual elements with an autobiographical background closed in images where everything is given as an essence, as a mental smell, as a symbol, as a projection of thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the enclosure of language the subject takes on a new vitality, in new circumstances, which breaks the old patterns to evoke that music which is the desire to live again, a precious critical confession of mine of the adventure of life, a line of reflection linked to the signs born from the post-operative fog which then became strong and precise crystal, a flow of images between me and the world, mixed with my fragile breath which supported the body in that moment, folds of the soul invaded by light, to concoct a story also as a future intuition in the silent river of time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Mario Giacomelli, 2000)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Mario Giacomelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42136597004497,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/questo-ricordo-lo-vorrei-raccontare-2104324.jpg?v=1776539036"},{"product_id":"des-oiseaux-5","title":"Des oiseaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, first impression of Des oiseaux by Mario Giacomelli. 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Deeply attached to his native Marche region in Italy, Giacomelli captured endless plains traced with plowed furrows, shadows stretching across fields, and rural house façades, many photographs also offering glimpses of birds, clouds, female faces, or other forms. His birds rise from dense vegetation, appear like shadow puppets on translucent surfaces, dwell within vaporous clouds, or materialize as fragile presences. Choreographed flocks of white birds echo the lines of the foliage as animal and plant realms dissolve into each another. Between arrival and disappearance, reality and dream, Giacomelli’s birds resemble calligraphic marks spreading into a musical score against the backdrop of a rural landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Giacomelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57407540822398,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/des-oiseaux-4281197.jpg?v=1779278545"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/en-us\/collections\/mario-giacomelli.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}