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'''Photography''': The images all seem cropped, only leaving the face of the women. They are different in style. Some seem to be more snapshots, others classical staged portraits. All show artefacts from their original materiality (print).
'''Photography''': The images all seem cropped, only leaving the face of the women. They are different in style. Some seem to be more snapshots, others classical staged portraits. All show artefacts from their original materiality (print).
'''Purpose of publication''': comment on current political absurdity in Italy


'''Cover image''': One of the portraits. It's the image that appears in the book on the first page.
'''Cover image''': One of the portraits. It's the image that appears in the book on the first page.

Revision as of 11:12, 21 November 2016

Book Facts

Title: Bunga Bunga

Photographer: Lorenzo Tricoli

Year: 2014

Edition: does't say

Number of images: 14 (13 images color, 1 image black and white)

Size:

Price: ca 28 EUR


Content

Subject: The book contains portraits of girls who were involved in the underage prostitution parties from Berlusconi around 2010. The portraits are images from the press either from internet or from printed media.

Photography: The images all seem cropped, only leaving the face of the women. They are different in style. Some seem to be more snapshots, others classical staged portraits. All show artefacts from their original materiality (print).

Purpose of publication: comment on current political absurdity in Italy


Cover image: One of the portraits. It's the image that appears in the book on the first page.