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Will the food save us from the techno-isolation? Eight pictures to think about La tavola ci salverà dall’isolamento da tecnologia? Otto immagini per pensare Alberto Alfredo Landi, 2017   Techno-isolation is an important aspect of the actual life. Of these eight images, seven show people that somehow are focused to do something with a technological object in a specificRead more

Venezia 1980: the last days of Carnival at the time of the “Anni di Piombo” Venezia 1980: gli ultimi giorni del Carnevale convivendo con gli Anni di Piombo Alberto Alfredo Landi, 1980   This series of photographs reports the last days of the 1980 Venetian Carnival. The Carnival had been resumed only the previous year, after a hiatus ofRead more

Seki, a small city dying in obscurity Seki: una città che scompare nell’oscurità David Tinius Rossi, 2015   2015-DTR-D600-J-Kuchihateru-4 Seki is a small city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its economy is based upon a long tradition of blade making and cormorant fishing along the nearby Nagara River. Kuchihateru (朽ち果てる) is a verb which roughly translates into rottingRead more

New York High Line: the great beauty of the modern urban landscape La High Line a New York: la grande bellezza del moderno paesaggio urbano Alberto Alfredo Landi, 2011   The modern inhabitant of the city is in perennial conflict between the fascination of the nature – and the wild of the countryside – and theRead more

Individual and family fates: La Chacarita in Buenos Aires Destini individuali e famigliari: La Chacarita a Buenos Aires Alberto Alfredo Landi, 2016   Fades of a family tomb, La Chacarita, Buenos Aires 2016chacarita-1023241 The monumental part of the cemetery of La Chacarita, one of the oldest of the Gran Ciudad, where are buried important Argentine personalities,Read more

Warszawa 1981: an eye on a razed and rebuilt city Varsavia 1981: uno sguardo su una città rasa al suolo e ricostruita Alberto Alfredo Landi, 2016 Dog waiting for his owner outside a supermarket. 1981Varsavia1981-0009 Seventy-seven years ago the German Nazis invaded Poland and herded the entire Jewish into the Warsaw Ghetto to start the Final Solution.Read more

New York iconic food: Katz’s Delicatessen and Nathan’s Famous Il cibo vero di New York: Katz’s Delicatessen e Nathan’s Famous Alberto Alfredo Landi, 2011   When we think of the identity of a city, we commonly refer to the urban landscape, the monuments and the traditions. However a strong and powerful identity factor is definitely the food and the locations for food production,Read more