March 2022
Presentation Wednesday, March 30th,
Book presentation: Fastidiosa by Jean Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni published by Overlapse
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
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March 2022
On the road Thursday April 7th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th,
Leporello goes to Cagliari, at Cultína’s, for a talk, a workshop and its bookshop on the road!
From April 8th to the 10th, 9 am - 8 pm, you can enjoy a selection of books from Leporello bookshop, right in front of Cultìna, via Giardini 156 b
On April 8th
Talk - Publishing and photography
A conversation about the possibilities of the world of paper and photographic language.
Guests: Chiara Capodici, Marcello Cualbu, Luca Spano, Alessandro Toscano.
Following: Presentation of the bookshop Leporello on the road hosted by Cultìna un
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March 2022
Presentation Thursday 17th March,
Book presentation: Paolo Di Lucente, Rome published by VEII with Paolo and Valerio Di Lucente
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
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March 2022
Presentation Saturday March 12th,
Book presentation Gianpaolo Arena,A Folktale from Vietnam published by The Velvet Cell with Gianpaolo Arena and Fabio Severo
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
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February 2022
ExhibitionThrough the book(s) Thursday 3rd and Tuesday 8th March, 7 pm,
Who owns the cities? Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber. An exhibit, a book display, a workshop, and an exhibition of fanzines by workshop students
Door and Leporello photobooks et al. have invited Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber to work between the two spaces, creating an exhibition and a book display at the bookstore about their artistic journey, as well as their suggestions and inspirations related to the theme of the city. Moreover, they will be holding a workshop -also on the theme of the city- at Door.The workshop will be introduced by an open talk at Leporello.Th
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