SIGNED Mimmo Jodice - Procida, [ A Mediterranean architecture ] - 1993

Exceptionally signed copy on the title page by Mimmo Jodice (1934 - 2025), unique and untraceable on the internet in a signed edition. 130 pages and 110 photographs by Mimmo Jodice, all printed full-page, including 32 color photographs. Italian texts by Toti Scialoja and Giancarlo Cosenza, and at the end of the book a text of an interview with the craftsman Mastro Alberto on the techniques and materials used for the construction of houses, vaults, and staircases. Softcover with illustrated dust jacket on the front cover and back. In excellent condition.

The island of Procida, to which this book is exclusively devoted, lies in the Gulf of Naples halfway toward the island of Ischia, and Mimmo Jodice photographed its landscapes as well as the vernacular artisanal constructions that make up the village, bearing witness to the ingenuity of the craftsmen who managed to work with the always-present relief to build a densely populated habitat due to the limited surface area of available land.

Mimmo Jodice is one of the greatest Italian photographers of the 20th century and has gained international recognition around the world. A self-taught photographer born in 1934 in Naples, he began his artistic activity in the mid-1960s with visual experimentation and worked on cuts and collages of images, then in the 1970s evolved toward social denunciation related to the miserable living conditions of the population of the city of Naples, vibrant and popular, and in the 1980s toward a silent evocation of the metaphysical landscape and Mediterranean archaeology, with a creative language that reflects on time, light, and the act of seeing itself. In 1983-1984 Mimmo Jodice also participated in the project “Viaggio in Italia” with Luigi Ghirri and about a dozen other emerging Italian photographers at 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, as well as at a retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris in 2010 which led to the publication of an important catalog. In 2016 the Museo MADRE in Naples dedicated a monumental exhibition to his entire photographic oeuvre, and after his death in 2025 the city of Naples installed a vigil chamber in his honor.

Excellent condition copy, with very slight wear to the back cover (see photo). A personal collection book kept with the utmost care. Protected shipping with reinforced packaging and insured international trackable postal service. In case of multiple purchases, a grouped shipment is possible with reimbursement of any excess postage paid via PayPal.

1,150 kg. excluding packaging