Letizia Battaglia on Photographing Sicily’s Mafia Men and the Pain They Caused | VICE | United States

Letizia Battaglia on Photographing Sicily’s Mafia Men and the Pain They Caused

We spoke to the octogenarian photojournalist about her life behind the camera.

via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/letizia-battaglia-interview-photos

Since 1971, Letizia Battaglia has documented the rich, dangerous, and sun-bathed lives of the people of Sicily’s capital, Palermo. For years she worked as a photojournalist for the now-defunct newspaper L’Ora, but packed it in when the paper closed.