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Letizia Battaglia
The Incorruptible Eye: The Anthropology of Pain and Visual Chronicle in Letizia Battaglia's Palermo
Portrait of Letizia Battaglia. Unknown author.
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Introduction
Letizia Battaglia was not merely a photojournalist, but the visual conscience of a wounded Italy, an eyewitness who transformed photography into an instrument of civic militancy and anthropological investigation. Universally recognized as the "photographer of the mafia" a label she always found restrictive her work transcends mere crime reporting to elevate itself into a dramatic social, historical, and emotional fresco of Sicily.
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