In Snow, Vanessa Winship’s latest monograph, we see that what’s not entirely comprehended is far more compelling than what is well understood. Perhaps that’s a truism, but it’s one that is rejuvenated and refreshed by each new and peculiar telling. This book is just such a revelation. The origins of Snow lie in a commission (this from an artist who very rarely works on assignment, although Winship say

On the occasion of the workshop Corpo e oggetto, given by Peter Puklus at door on May 7th and 8th, we have the plasure to host the presentation of his last book in Leporello. In The Hero Mother, Puklus deconstructs and questions the dynamics of the pre-established female and male roles: motherhood as an alleged heroic activity and the supposed duty of the father to build and protect the home. His search breaks down th

An unfiltered, personal and intense account of Xylella, the plant epidemic that threatens Europe; Fastidiosa is the result of Caimi + Piccinni photographing the plight of local farmers and environmental devastation in Puglia, southern Italy, over a period of six years.  Working under the project title This Land is My Land, the duo were in the groves with farmers facing the destruction of their history, culture and livelihood, as they were forced to cu

Rome is the name of many cities in the United States, cities that share only a name, with little resembling the grandeur of the eternal city across the Atlantic. Paolo Di Lucente’s research began during a visit to Rome in New York State, which along with its counterpart in Georgia, is one of the largest cities by extension. The chance encounter with a municipal officer reveals a historical conjuncture: the donation by Mus

A Folktale from Vietnam - Speeding Motorcycles and Roasted Lemongrass is the result of 8 years of research through a series of photographs taken in Vietnam in 2013, 2015 and 2018.Both the photographs and the essays examine the complex link between landscape and civilization. In this branching sequence of urban sprawl, places and portraits we can encounter the co-presence of periods and cultures that sometimes collide, sometimes mix. This project captures fragments of rituals and different ways of living i