At the dawn of the 1960s, the traumas of the war began to fade. The dream of a new Italy was emerging. The country started to believe in the \u201ceconomic miracle.\u201d Bruno Barbey was one of the first to capture this moment of transition. \u201cTo portray the Italians through images was the ambition of this project,\u201d he said. From North to South, from East to West, he photographed all social classes. Young people, aristocrats, nuns, beggars, and prostitutes filled his frames. His sharp yet benevolent gaze captured a society in motion. His images revealed the Italians. <\/p>\n
Les Italiens is a vivid collection of the modern com\u00e9die humaine. It features beggars, priests, nuns, carabinieri, prostitutes, and mafiosi. These archetypal figures helped spread the exotic charm seen in the films of Pasolini, Visconti, and Fellini. It is the Italy that \u201cholds its head high\u201d after the horrors and miseries of the war. The middle class, after much suffering, experienced the economic boom. It was an enthusiasm, perhaps illusory, for a new society. In some ways, it was too Americanized. Music, fashion, and youth culture shaped the era. Rituals and trends flourished. People expressed their social status more clearly, with a little more money in their pockets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The photographic project created by the renowned French photographer in Italy between 1962 and 1966 is being exhibited in Italy for the first time. In the early 1960s, seeking to portray the Italian people, Bruno Barbey photographed all levels of society, both on the street and in interiors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1027,"featured_media":900549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bellezza"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n