The Sicilian Photographer Who Fought the Mafia Letizia Battaglia was an impassioned activist and fearless documentarian who lived by the heart and the camera. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-sicilian-photographer-who-fought-the-mafia/ An impassioned activist and fearless documentarian, Letizia Battaglia lived by the heart and the camera.
Letizia Battaglia, photojournalist who documented mafia crimes, dies aged 87 Anti-mafia journalist from Palermo scoured Sicilian alleyways in 1970s and 1980s to expose brutal violence via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/letizia-battaglia-photojournalist-who-documented-mafia-crimes-dies-aged-87 Armed only with her Leica camera and mounted on a Vespa, Battaglia scoured the alleyways of Palermo during the 1970s and 1980s photographing the victims of…
‘Shooting the Mafia’ captures the passion behind the photos of Letizia Battaglia Documentary “Shooting the Mafia” profiles Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia, noted for chronicling the lives of underworld figures. via Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/shooting-the-mafia-review “The camera changed my life,” says Italian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, the incredibly compelling subject of veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto’s “Shooting the…
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…
