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Bella Italia: On Beauty and Ugliness

Collector Grade · C- Rarity · Common Deal · Fair Confidence · Medium
Hardcover English / Italian 144 pages 25.5 x 27.5 cm 1.14 kg

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Rarity 0/100 · Collector 0/100 · Deal 55.49/100 · Listings: 17 · Avg price: $84.49 · Min price: $51.54

Description

Exploring contrasts within Italy’s landscapes and culture, Christian Jungeblodt’s photography navigates notions of beauty and ugliness as intertwined visual phenomena. The images capture a tension between aesthetic allure and decay, prompting reflection on how environments convey complex identities beyond surface impressions.

Bella Italia: On Beauty and Ugliness gathers 144 pages of nuanced black-and-white and color photographs from 2022, assembled by Kerber Verlag. Jungeblodt’s lens often reveals overlooked details and moments where the picturesque and the imperfect coexist, emphasizing an ambivalent attitude toward traditional representations of Italian allure.