Signed; Pepi Merisio - La Toscane - 1976

Signed copy on the title page by Pepi Merisio (1931 – 2021), unique and unobtainable on the internet in a signed copy. 182 pages and about 120 photographs in black and white and in color, mostly full-page, with captions giving photo locations and comments; photographs by Pepi Merisio; French text by Roberto Barzanti; very nice orange cloth binding with the title embossed in black on the spine and a dust jacket illustrated on both front and back. In excellent condition, practically like new 50 years after publication!.

Pepi Merisio, an independent photographer, lived almost his entire life in the territory of Bergamo, which he explored in its full extent, traversing its plains and valleys as well as the high-mountain villages. He quickly gained significant international recognition, as in July 1966 the French-language Camera magazine published in Lucerne, Switzerland, dedicated a major feature to him. While he was then the editor of Camera, Roméo Martinez introduced him into the collection Les Grands photographes (https://www.messinissalibri.com/prodotto/152963-i-grandi-fotografi-pepi-merisio) and Pepi Merisio signed with Gianni Berengo Gardin, whom he regarded as a brother in photography, the volume on Latium for the Touring Club of Italy.

The illustrious photographer Ferdinando Scianna declared in 2021 upon Pepi Merisio’s death: “I met Pepi in 1967 when I had just arrived from Sicily, and he already had great international prestige.” “He had just won an international prize with the report on the death of Zio Angelo; many people gravitated around him and I had great admiration... He had chosen his visual relationship with the world, the world he wanted to speak about and the way he wanted to do it... He had a politico-cultural engagement more than direct... He was a great anthropologist of the rural world. His archives are a cultural treasure that we will continue to need to understand where we come from and where we are going, if we are going anywhere at all.” (https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_febbraio_04/ferdinando-sciannalui-ci-fa-capire-dove-veniamo-19b7d422-66bc-11eb-8ada-57b39586265a.shtml)

In excellent condition, practically like new. 50 years after its printing! A book from my personal collection kept with the utmost care, in excellent condition (see photo). Shipped protected with reinforced packaging and guaranteed international tracked mail. For multiple purchases, possible group shipment with refund of excess postage paid via Paypal.

1,150 excluding packaging