Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000) - Non Fatemi Domande
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Description from the seller
Artist: Mario Giacomelli
Non Fatemi Domande
Technique: Gelatin silver salt print
Letter: Agfa
Photograph dimensions: 30.4 x 40.4 cm
Measurements with passepartout: 40x50 cm
Print Date: Vintage Photograph, print contemporaneous with the date of the shot, 80s
Date of the shot: 1981-1983
On the back of the photograph, there is the stamp.
Photo Copyright by Mario Giacomelli, Senigallia. Seal of guarantee.
EXCELLENT CONDITIONS (the images refer to the artwork and are part of the description)
The photograph will be shipped flat with a mount.
Throughout his life, Giacomelli created several series on the theme of old age, photographing elderly women in the nursing homes of Senigallia (1954/59) and Urbino (1981), giving life to various narrative cycles: Ospizio (1954/56), Vita d’ospizio (1956/57), Perché (1959), Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi (1966/68), Non fatemi domande (1981/83), Sala d’attesa (1981/83), Ninna nanna (1985/87), La zia di Franco (1993/94), and E io ti vidi fanciulla (1993/94).
The photographs of the hospice are like a single long series, extrapolated from time, which Giacomelli keeps reassembling over the decades (to revitalize the subjects), as if to ward off death.
Out of all the things I have done, I think this is the most interesting research; in fact, I have experienced more emotions being in contact with this environment than in all the other research combined. [...] Why? After fighting all my life, why must the end of a life be like this, why must it end in these environments, in these messed-up institutions?
... These photos are more realistic, even in technique. I chose a different printing method [contrasted printing on extra sturdy paper], with a simple, essential cut, which you also find in the other images. It's just that these are truer than the others. More than what was in front of my eyes, I wanted to convey what was inside me, what was emerging as I immersed myself in these things: this fear of aging, not of dying, this disgust at the price paid for a life.
I made sure to become one of them, like them, so they no longer felt the camera on them.
(A. C. Quintavalle, Mario Giacomelli, Feltrinelli, Milan 1980).
The SHIPPING and PACKAGING will be performed professionally, and delivery will be made via courier.
This work will be insured for the full purchase value.
Artist: Mario Giacomelli
Non Fatemi Domande
Technique: Gelatin silver salt print
Letter: Agfa
Photograph dimensions: 30.4 x 40.4 cm
Measurements with passepartout: 40x50 cm
Print Date: Vintage Photograph, print contemporaneous with the date of the shot, 80s
Date of the shot: 1981-1983
On the back of the photograph, there is the stamp.
Photo Copyright by Mario Giacomelli, Senigallia. Seal of guarantee.
EXCELLENT CONDITIONS (the images refer to the artwork and are part of the description)
The photograph will be shipped flat with a mount.
Throughout his life, Giacomelli created several series on the theme of old age, photographing elderly women in the nursing homes of Senigallia (1954/59) and Urbino (1981), giving life to various narrative cycles: Ospizio (1954/56), Vita d’ospizio (1956/57), Perché (1959), Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi (1966/68), Non fatemi domande (1981/83), Sala d’attesa (1981/83), Ninna nanna (1985/87), La zia di Franco (1993/94), and E io ti vidi fanciulla (1993/94).
The photographs of the hospice are like a single long series, extrapolated from time, which Giacomelli keeps reassembling over the decades (to revitalize the subjects), as if to ward off death.
Out of all the things I have done, I think this is the most interesting research; in fact, I have experienced more emotions being in contact with this environment than in all the other research combined. [...] Why? After fighting all my life, why must the end of a life be like this, why must it end in these environments, in these messed-up institutions?
... These photos are more realistic, even in technique. I chose a different printing method [contrasted printing on extra sturdy paper], with a simple, essential cut, which you also find in the other images. It's just that these are truer than the others. More than what was in front of my eyes, I wanted to convey what was inside me, what was emerging as I immersed myself in these things: this fear of aging, not of dying, this disgust at the price paid for a life.
I made sure to become one of them, like them, so they no longer felt the camera on them.
(A. C. Quintavalle, Mario Giacomelli, Feltrinelli, Milan 1980).
The SHIPPING and PACKAGING will be performed professionally, and delivery will be made via courier.
This work will be insured for the full purchase value.
Details
Date of print
1980
Artist
Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000)
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Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Non Fatemi Domande
Condition
Fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
30 cm
Width
40 cm
Signature
Not signed
Genre
Documentary photography
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