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by Jay Wolke

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From 2000 to 2007, Jay Wolke photographed in the south of Italy to capture the complexity of a region that is colloquially known as Il mezzogiorno. What he found in this historic and often troubled landscape was an elaborate set of physical, social, and political forces manifested in an extraordinary tapestry of visual information.

Both referential and suggestive, Wolke's pictures reveal the marks of a long line of invaders, conquerors, and occupiers from the Greeks to the Spanish to the Camorra. Architectural and structural adaptations and "resignations" are evident in every scene and serve as the photographer's focus. Although the landscape is marred by layers of dysfunction and greed, we can't help but view it through the lens of the timeless belief in the bel paese--the beautiful country.

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  • Title Architecture of Resignation: Photographs from the Mezzogiorno
  • Author Jay Wolke
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition. F
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Center for American Places, Chicago, IL
  • Publication date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781935195139 / 1935195131
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.25 x 11.75 x 0.6 in (26.04 x 29.85 x 1.52 cm)
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Italy, Southern, Bildband
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011019123
  • Dewey Decimal Code 945.7

About the author

Jay Wolke is professor in and chair of the department of art and design at Columbia College Chicago, and the author of Along the Divide: Photographs of the Dan Ryan Expressway and All Around the House: Photographs of American-Jewish Communal Life, the former also published by the Center for American Places.

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