Signed Mimmo Jodice - La terra di Archimede - 2001

Exceptionally signed copy on the title page by Mimmo Jodice (1934 - 2025), unique and unattainable in a signed edition. 148 pages and about 100 color photographs printed full-bleed in very high print quality, texts in Italian and English by the writer Vincenzo Consolo, by Giuseppe Voza and Salvatore Russo. Very beautiful navy blue cloth binding with a mounted photograph on the cover and the title debossed in gold on the cover. Illustrated dust jacket. In excellent condition, almost like new.

Archimedes’ land, the Greek savant, Syracuse in a Sicily that used to be part of what was called the Great Greece, with a portion of southern Italy. Mimmo Jodice photographs here the natural beauty of the landscapes of a region once known as the home of the gods, as well as the archaeological riches and, later, the Baroque architecture following numerous earthquakes.

Mimmo Jodice is one of the greatest Italian photographers of the 20th century and has achieved international recognition almost everywhere in the world. A self-taught photographer born in 1934 in Naples, he began his artistic activity in the mid-1960s with visual experimentation, creating works with découpage and image collages, then in the 1970s evolved toward social denunciation linked to the miserable living conditions of the population of the city of Naples – lively and popular – and in the 1980s toward a silent evoke of the metaphysical landscape and Mediterranean archaeology, with a creative language that reflects on time, light, and the very act of seeing. In 1983–1984 Mimmo Jodice also participated in the project “Viaggio in Italia” with Luigi Ghirri and about a dozen other emerging Italian photographers of the time, such as Guido Guidi, Mario Cresci, Olivo Barbieri, Vittore Fossati. Mimmo Jodice has presented his work in France on several occasions, notably within the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d'Arles and during a retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris in 2010, which led to the edition of an important catalog.

A book from my personal collection, in excellent condition, almost like new, kept with the greatest care. Very effectively protected shipping and guaranteed international tracking.

1.1 kg excluding packaging