Ugo Mulas - La Fotografia - 1973

Photography — Ugo Mulas
Einaudi, 1973 — First edition

good condition, with signs of wear consistent with the age of the volume.

A rare and significant theoretical-photographic volume of fundamental importance in the history of twentieth-century photography, La Fotografia stands as one of the most elevated and conscious reflections ever articulated by a photographer on his own expressive language.
Published by Einaudi in 1973 in its first edition, the book represents the moment of full intellectual maturity of Ugo Mulas, a key figure in international photography and a protagonist in the dialogue between photography, conceptual art, and contemporary visual culture. It is not a simple book of images, but a foundational text, in which photography, critical thinking, and artistic practice converge into a coherent and rigorous corpus.
The volume takes on exceptional historical value because it emerges at a crucial stage in the legitimization of photography as an autonomous artistic discipline, anticipating themes that are central today in theoretical debate: the role of the author, the responsibility of the gaze, the relationship between image and reality, the limits and possibilities of the photographic medium. In this sense, La Fotografia can be considered a true European theoretical manifesto.
The first Einaudi edition is today increasingly difficult to find in good condition and is particularly sought after by specialized collectors, institutions, art libraries, and scholars of the history of photography. The presence of this title is indispensable in any collection devoted to the fundamental books of twentieth-century photography.