In April 2015, The Gold Medals (Contrasto) will be published. It will be the first book that traces the history of photography during the last sixty years (1955-2015), through the winning images of ...
Michele Smargiassi
Michele Smargiassi is politics and society correspondent of the Italian daily La Repubblica. He writes the blog Fotocrazia. He is a member of the board of the Centro Italiano per la Fotografia d'Autore in Bibbiena. He is co-author with Uliano Lucas of Donne di questo mondo (2003) and author of Un'autentica bugia. La fotografia, il vero, il falso (2009) and Ora che ci penso. La storia dimenticata delle cose quotidiane (2011).
A passeggiata back and forth though the history of photography to debunk the notion that photography began to lie only when it became digital. Photography has always lied, to a greater or lesser ext...