Gelatin silver print on Agfa photo paper
Italy, 1957, later print from the 1970s
Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000) – Italian photographer
Signed and dated verso in pencil ‘Mario Giacomelli 1957’
Verso title stamp ‘Scanno’, copyright stamp and numberings in pencil
Dimensions of the photograph: 30.3 x 39.6 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York; private collection, Great Britain
Giacomelli’s photographs are striking in a strong light and dark contrast; the auction record for a gelatin silver print of the photographer is set above €14,000

This photograph by the Italian photographer Mario Giacomelli was created in Scanno, a mountain village in Abruzzo. He photographed the life of the people living in this village that at the time was still untouched and traditional. The longer exposure time that he uses in this series becomes evident in this photograph. This effect bestows the photographs with a mysterious atmosphere. ‘Scanno’ is one of his most famous series that he gained international recognition with for the first time in 1963 at the Photokina in Cologne and in 1964 at the MoMA in New York.



The photograph is signed and dated verso in pencil ‘Mario Giacomelli 1957’. Verso are the title stamp ‘Scanno’, the copyright stamp and numberings in pencil. The photograph is mounted verso on two edges with adhesive stripes reversible under a mat. The photograph is in very good condition. The photograph is 30.3 x 39.6 cm in size and the total dimensions, including the frame, are 48 x 57.5 cm.



Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000)

Mario Giacomelli was raised as the eldest of three brothers in Senigallia. His father died very early and to support the family he left school at the age of 13 to train as a typesetter and printer. He owned his own print shop where he worked his entire life and he photographed only in his leisure time. He worked mainly in series and the majority of his photographs show the closer environment of his hometown Senigallia. Therefore, he spent some time in each place so that the residents could get used to him. Only then he would take his camera along with him. In 1995, he received the Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie. (tm)

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