BRILLIANT PROTEST PHOTOBOOK AND VERY SOUGHT-AFTER PHOTO PUBLICATION - by IMPORTANT ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER Tano D'Amico, born 1942. Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, "The Photobook: A History", Volume 2. VERY RARE, VERY IMPRESSIVE REPRINT of the famous title, originally published in 1978 by "I libri del No, Rome". FANTASTIC DESIGN by Piergiorgio Maoloni. PLEASE ENJOY the ONE-SELLER-AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany) - with INTERNATIONAL PHOTOBOOKS from my PRIVATE COLLECTION and from RECENT ACQUISITATIONS. "E il '77" is considered a significant photobook about the so-called “Myth of 1977” in Italy. The publication documents the radical movement of 1977 in Italy (Movimento del ’77) - a peak moment of student protests, feminism, workers’ autonomy, and direct confrontation with state institutions. The content and production of the book are characterized by several distinctive features: Militant Photography: Tano D’Amico was not a detached observer, but a politically engaged photographer. His striking black-and-white images are not conventional, distanced documentary photographs; instead, they share in the human and political commitment of the protesters themselves. The Focus of the Images: Rather than concentrating on the often violent climaxes of clashes and confrontations, D’Amico focuses on the faces, solidarity, pain, and joy of the people in the streets. He portrays a generation striving for radical social change, often placing women at the center as resistant and defiant figures. Unique Form and Production: The unconventional large format (approx. 31 × 43 cm) with its asymmetrical layout was designed by Piergiorgio Maoloni, graphic designer for the newspaper Il Manifesto, who contributed his work free of charge. The photobook was not distributed through major publishing houses, but financed through donations collected by the demonstrators themselves. Atmosphere of Protest: The photobook largely dispenses with explanatory text and allows the images to speak for themselves. It opens only with the transcript of a piece of university graffiti, capturing the rebellious and uncompromising spirit of those months. This is a lot by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. Manifestolibri, Rome. 2007. Softcover (as issued). 310 x 430 mm. 44 pages. Photos: Tano D'Amico. Text: Tano D'Amico. Text in Italian. Condition: Inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing; light, just normal trace of use, no remarkable defects. Outside with trace of use; a bit rubbed on the front, neat tear at the bottom of the rear side. Overall fine condition. Rare, sought-after photo publication by important Italian Tano D'Amico (hard to find in any condition). By the title - è il 77 - we immediately understand that more than a singular protest we discover a period of italian turbulent years, especially in Rome, where there were violent protest for many purposes as civil rights, occupied University, the increased Fascist activity, struggle for housing. This oversize book designed by Piergiorgio Maoloni, a noted roman graphic designer (famous his made up cover on Il Messaggero newspaper when the man landed on the moon) was for free. I point out the balanced use of black and white and white pages in an assymetric grids that enhances the D'Amico photo increasing the drammatic scene. Tano D'Amico was so involved in the movement that the demonstrators demanded a record of the demonstrations until they collected money in a refuse sack to publish the first edition that was published by - I libri del No, by Dario Paccino publisher that was just failing as editor, but considering the facts decided to ask to the workers and printers to do it. Was a success and in fact students and even policemen bought it for many purpose making it rare to find even in bookshop. "A professional journalist and photojournalist, born in Filicudi and Roman by adoption, he collaborates with il manifesto and la Repubblica. He has produced reportages on prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and Roma communities, and has documented street demonstrations since the 1960s. Among the activists of Lotta Continua, his images—unsigned, like those of Roberto Zamarin or the article authors, whose responsibility fell to the successive editors-in-chief of the newspaper—were among those that characterized the magazine Ombre rosse. On March 31, 2017, he inaugurated a thematic exhibition about himself at the Tower of the Bishops’ Castle of Luni in Castelnuovo Magra (SP), titled La lotta delle donne (“The Struggle of Women”), illustrating women’s struggles from the 1970s to the present, to show how nothing has changed in the field of struggles. In 2011, he won the Premio Flauto d’Argento. Speaking about color, he explains his choice of black-and-white photography by stating that color requires transformations and changes, as well as technical adjustments necessary to support it." (Wikipedia)