Prigionieri / Valerio Bispuri ; con testi di/texts by Edoardo Albinati, Stefano Anastasia ; traduzioni/translations, Ruth Taylor.

"Italy holds 190 penitentiaries - among them, 5 female prisons and 52 women's wards. Valerio Bispuri is the first photographer authorized by the Italian Penitentiary Administration Department of the Ministry of Justice to visit some of the most important detention centers in the country to document...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Photographs. Selections
Other Authors: Bispuri, Valerio, 1971- (Photographer)
Albinati, Edoardo (Contributor)
Anastasia, Stefano, 1965- (Contributor)
Taylor, Ruth (Translator) (Translator)
Language:Italian
English
Language of the Original:
Italian
Published: Roma : Contrasto, [2019]
Subjects:
Prisoners > Italy > Portraits.
Prisons > Italy > Pictorial works.
Documentary photography > Italy.
Bispuri, Valerio, > 1971-
Documentary photography.
Prisoners.
Prisons.
Italy.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Genre:
Portraits.
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm +e 1 booklet
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
"Italy holds 190 penitentiaries - among them, 5 female prisons and 52 women's wards. Valerio Bispuri is the first photographer authorized by the Italian Penitentiary Administration Department of the Ministry of Justice to visit some of the most important detention centers in the country to document the condition of prisoners in 15 jails - both female and male, like Regina Coeli in Rome, San Vittore in Milan, Poggioreale in Naples, Ucciardone in Palermo - from 2014 to present"-- Amazon.com
Note:Text in English and Italian.
Booklet contains essays and photograph captions.
Call Number:TR681.P69 B57 2019
ISBN:8869657914
9788869657917