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Stillness in Motion: Italy, Photography, and the Meanings of Modernity by Sarah Patricia HIll (Hardback, 2014)

Stillness in Motion brings together the writing of scholars, theorists, and artists on the uneasy relationship between Italian culture and photography. Highlighting the depth and complexity of the Italian contribution to the techlogy and practice of photography, this collection offers essays, interviews, and theoretical reflections at the intersection of comparative, visual, and cultural studies. Its chapters, illustrated with more than 130 black and white images and an eight-page colour section, explore how Italian literature, cinema, popular culture, and politics have engaged with the medium of photography over the course of time. The collection includes topics such as Futurism's ambivalent relationship to photography, the influence of American photography on Italian neorealist cinema, and the connection between the photograph and Duchamp's concept of the Readymade. With contributions from writer and theorist Umberto Eco, photographer Franco Vaccari, art historian Robert Valtorta, and cultural historian Robert Lumley, Stillness in Motion engages with crucial historical and cultural moments in Italian history, examining each one through particular photographic practices.

Place of Publication
Toronto
Series Title
Toronto Italian Studies
Content Note
8
Author Biography
Sarah Patricia Hill is a senior lecturer in Italian in the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of WellingtonGiuliana Minghelli is an associate professor of Italian Studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University.
Date of Publication
18/12/2014
Country of Publication
Canada

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