Italian StoryThe photographs in this book were made over the past four decades, primarily in Italy, entirely with an 810 view camera. I suspect I will continue this work for as long as I am taking pictures. The title reflects the complexity of the Italian word storia, which holds meanings as diverse as history, story, situation, issue, fuss, hassle, tale, or lie. Depending on context, it may also refer to a love story, brief or ongoing. Italian Story is a broad

that gives interiority and narrative to the subject through a series of thirteen vignettes

In Rap Is Risen: New York Photographs 1988–2008

in the same way that history carries forward and scaffolds the systems that comprise our modern culture and society

including Aila (2004)

including two rare self portraits contemporaneous with the rest of Myers’ work

or a forlorn bunch on a white marble tomb inscribed with the word “Mama

comprises a fold-out

and in 2015

” Though Lange's career is widely heralded

John Gambell

” while also revealing the personal and emotional dimensions of Ellis’ journey

it is a personal series of observations woven together like a fine tapestry