Magnum Photosさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Magnum PhotosInstagram)「Aged 21 years old, Bruno Barbey traveled to Italy with the idea of capturing the spirit of a nation. He set out to create a portrait of its people at the dawn of the 1960s, the beginning of the ‘economic miracle.’⁠ ⁠ “The trauma of the war had begun to fade, while the dream of a new Italy was emerging,” reads the introduction to a new exhibition at the Académie des beaux-arts (@academiedesbeauxarts) in Paris (May 11 to July 2), which pays homage to the Moroccan-born French photographer who died in 2020. “Bruno Barbey was one of the first to record this moment of historical transition. From north to south, from east to west, he photographed all social classes: from the ragazzi to aristocrats, nuns, beggars, prostitutes... “⁠ ⁠ The young photographer presented this collection of images to Robert Delpire, who immediately offered to publish them in the ‘Encyclopédie essentielle’ series, a series of books that already included Robert Frank’s Les Américains (1958) and René Burri’s Les Allemands (1962). Circumstances prevented the book from being produced, but the portfolio convinced the members of Magnum Photos of the potential of the young Barbey, who was quickly accepted into the cooperative. ⁠ ⁠ After decades of work and numerous volumes on other countries, Barbey finally published a first version of this work in 2002, long since out of print. The 2022 edition is a return to Robert Delpire’s original idea, in a reduced format following with the republication of Les Américains and the new edition of Les Anglais, by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martin Parr, and the forthcoming re-release of Les Allemands.⁠ ⁠ The exhibition presents around 60 prints chosen personally by Barbey very shortly before his death. It is curated by his widow, Caroline Thiénot-Barbey. Find more details at the link in our bio. ⁠ ⁠ All images: © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos」4月25日 1時07分