DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TALK BY LETIZIA BATTAGLIA ON NOVEMBER 3 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Sicilian photographer and photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, born in Palermo in 1935, has dedicated much of her career to photographing her native city. “My relationship with Palermo has always been a mix of anger and sweet despair. I see her sickness and it angers me,” Battaglia states. “I would like to leave but I can’t, I love her morbidly and I still have so much to do in my city.” Many of her photographs explore the Sicilian capital at its darkest hour, torn by internecine bloodshed in the 1970s. After years of bearing fearless witness to the mafia’s assault on civil society and its toll on the urban fabric, she found that “suddenly, [she] had an archive of blood.” Her commitment to Palermo also led her to serve as a Deputy of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and play an instrumental role in the restoration of the historic center.

In this talk, which explores the themes central to the exhibition A View of One’s Own, Battaglia will reflect upon her legendary career as a ground-breaking female photographer of one of the world’s most complicated and fascinating cities.

The lecture will be held in Italian.

The event is part of La Quadriennale in città (16° Quadriennale d’Arte) and FOTOGRAFIA, Festival Internazionale di Roma.

EXHIBITION EVENTS:
Inaugural Lecture
Zoe Strauss
The Phoographer in the City - Philadelphia
13 October 2016
6pm, AAR Lecture Room

Exhibition Opening
13 October 2016
6pm-9pm, AAR Gallery

EXHIBITION HOURS:
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, 4pm-7pm
until 27 November 2016

Please note: valid photo ID is required for entry into the American Academy in Rome. Backpacks and luggage with dimensions larger than cm 40 x 35 x 15 (inches 16 x 14 x 6) are not permitted on the property. There are no locker facilities available.