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€ 6.000 - 8.000
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At auction on Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 16:00
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cm 75 x 95,5 | 29.5 x 37.5 in.
Artist's Proof Edition 2 of 2
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Appearing on the cover of the volume “In Tempo di Guerra” published by Contrasto in 2006, this photograph illustrates very well the photographer's work, which starts from a careful study of every detail: the heavy clothes worn during the war in winter by the protagonists, the bicycle in the foreground, the posters a bit torn that cover the wall, the theatrical gesture of the couple in love. Making everything even more realistic is the study of lights that here wraps the scene as livid as the times that are recounted here. There was a time when traveling photographers went around with their scenes proposing to potential clients to be filmed in unusual situations such as this one in which a young man pretends to drive an unusual airplane. This is a tribute to those ingenuous enactments, but also a reminder of the potential falsity of which photography is capable. Indeed, Michele Smargiassi used this image for the cover of his essay “Un’autentica bugia. La fotografia, il vero, il falso”.
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