Campania. Napoli. 1952-1953. Copyright: Photograph by Fosco Maraini / Property Gabinetto Vieusseux © 2024 Archivi Alinari.
The photographs of the working-class neighborhoods of Southern cities, in particular Naples and Palermo, constitute a unique genre of portrait captured by Maraini in Our South. They often depict perspectives from below, crowded streets that reflect the typical urban vitality of the ancient capitals, before the processes of modernization forever transformed their appearance.
Title: Laundry day
Author: Fosco Maraini
Date: 1952-1953
Technique: Photography
Displayed in: MUSEC - Museum of Cultures of Lugano
In the Exhibition: The image of the present. FOSCO MARAINI
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