PLEASE ENJOY the ONE-SELLER-AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany) - with INTERNATIONAL PHOTOBOOKS from my PRIVATE COLLECTION and from RECENT ACQUISITATIONS. SUPER BEAUTIFUL, WIDELY UNKNOWN portfolio by Italian photography legend Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000) - in BRANDNEW CONDITION. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at "Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord-Pas-de-Calais" in Douchy, France, from 7th of march to 5th of april 1987. New, mint, unread. COLLECTOR'S CONDITION. This is a lot by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Douchy. 1987. First edition, first printing. Paper portfolio with 9 loose double pages with 1 photo each plus text plus 1 loose text sheet (all as issued). 195 x 235 mm. 19 pages. Black and white photos. Photos: Mario Giacomelli. Text: Angelo Schwarz, Jude Stefan, Eric Bonnet, Pierre-Alain Gac, Jean-Pierre Greff, Jean-Pierre Parmentier, Jean-Jacques Potaux, Christophe Leger, Alistair Crawford, Pierre Devin, Text in French. Wonderful small Mario Giacomelli publication - in perfect condition. A must-have for every fan of his work Mario Giacomelli was an Italian photographer and photojournalist in the genre of humanism. Giacomelli was born in the sea-port town of Senigallia in the Marche region of Italy into a family of modest means. Only nine when his father died, at 13, the boy left high school to work as a typesetter and spent his weekends painting and writing poetry. After the horrors of World War II, from 1953 he turned to the more immediate medium of photography and joined the Misa Group, formed that year. After pre-war years dominated by a Pictorialist aesthetic promoted by the Fascist government, these artists enjoyed experimenting with form. He wandered the streets and fields of post-war Italy, inspired by the gritty Neo-Realist films of Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini, and influenced by the renowned Italian photographer Giuseppe Cavalli, founder of Misa, and developing a style characterized by radical compositions, bold cropping and stark contrasts. In 1955 he was discovered in Italy by Paolo Monti, and beginning in 1963, became known outside Italy through John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.