Smithsonian Institution Press is pleased to join Motta Fotografia, one of Europe's foremost publishers of photography, in presenting a series showcasing the work of postwar masters. Each book includes more than forty duotone or color images and represents an original approach to a particular theme by one of the century's finest documentary or fine-art photographers.The photographs of Olivo Barbieri depict nocturnal urban landscapes that are saturated in color, dominated by architecture, punctuated by street and business signs, and bisected by streaks of light from cars and trains. Accompanied by an essay that discusses Barbieri's techniques and explores the implications of a light-filled nighttime landscape.
Smithsonian Institution Press is pleased to join Motta Fotografia, one of Europe's foremost publishers of photography, in presenting a series showcasing the work of postwar masters. Each book includes more than forty duotone or color images and represents an original approach to a particular theme by one of the century's finest documentary or fine-art photographers.The photographs of Olivo Barbieri depict nocturnal urban landscapes that are saturated in color, dominated by architecture, punctuated by street and business signs, and bisected by streaks of light from cars and trains. Accompanied by an essay that discusses Barbieri's techniques and explores the implications of a light-filled nighttime landscape.