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Letizia Battaglia: Documenting the effects of the Mafia on Sicilian society

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Christopher George

Letizia Battaglia, Young girl with soccer ball in La Cala neighborhood where drugs are sold, Palermo, Sicily, 1980 (2007.24.9) Letizia Battaglia, Traditional rituals used during the trials of the Beati Paoli, like wearing a hood over one’s head so as … Continue reading →

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Death in Photography: What Is It to Live?

Posted on July 2, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Pablo Bartholomew, Dead Baby, Bhopal, 1984 (13.1986) Letizia Battaglia, Dead man lying on a garage ramp, 1977 (2007.24.11) Unidentified Photographer, [Body of Che Guevara], October 10, 1967 (2009.17.1) Weegee, [“Ruth Snyder Murder” wax display, Eden Musée, Coney Island, New York], … Continue reading →

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Space and Mirrored Self

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Patricia Silva

Currently, Francesca Woodman has two shows in New York: at the Guggenheim and a separate selection of blue prints at Marion Goodman. To look at Woodman’s photographs is to constantly read the environment through the psychological and vice versa. At … Continue reading →

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Letizia Battaglia

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Christopher George

Letizia Battaglia, A member of the Mafia with a Christ tattoo, murdered by his colleagues, 1984 Letizia Battaglia, A prostitute and two of her friends killed by the Mafia, 1983 Letizia Battaglia, Michele Reina, Secretary of the Sicilian Christian Democratic … Continue reading →

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