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Blin Magazine, June 2, 2022
Interview to Mauro D’Agati by Sabyl Ghoussoub
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Girls are more evil than tigers - Mauro D'Agati
Old brothels like Mytrichit Hotel in Bangkok’s Chinatown are destined to disappear in the near future, however, its walls bear the marks of both despair and pure joy. Covering the wretched walls are quotes and phrases written by old prostitutes and their clients - these contain simple truths, old Thai sayings, dirty words, or just broad warnings about the hotel and its derelict facilities. Cheap and available 24/7, this and other hotels attract particular crowds that look for intimacy and a temporary refuge from daily troubles. Predominantly in their 50s, these women are forced to spend hours in front of the hotels, waiting for clients to come. Nowadays, areas like this dramatically stand out against the high-tech contemporary Bangkok, granting unaware passersby with a unique glimpse of the real and often miserable life of the poor residents of this area.
Mauro D’Agati
1. Edition of 89 + 11 AP 02/2022
Book design by Mauro D'Agati
112 pages
40 x 32 cm
50 color photographs
Softcover book
Digital print
ISBN 979-12-80423-15-3
€ 75.00
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O P G CRIMINAL ASYLUM / Mauro D’Agati / 89BOOKS
All these photographs were taken in the Italian psychiatric prisons of Napoli, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aversa, in 2001. In the mid-1970s the OPG (Ospedale Psichiatrico Giudiziario) model replaced the old criminal asylums. The Italian Law n. 81 of 2014 set 1 April 2015 as the definitive date for the closure of the 6 judicial psychiatric hospitals that existed in Italy. This is an event that marks the history of reform of the health care and custody system for people with mental illness, a struggle that has lasted for 40 years, with the Basaglia law.
1. Edition of 89 + 11 AP 11/2021
Book design by Mauro D'Agati
124 pages
22 x 33 cm
139 color photographs
Softcover book housed in an archive box
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Mauro D’Agati
The Children of Humble Freedom
Gypsies, Roma, Sinti, Zingari…They are known by many names. And for centuries they have been an attraction for writers, painters, musicians and photographers due to their love of freedom, vitality, colorfulness, nomadism and of course their constant disregard of the rules. But the romantic imagery they brought to the arts has very little to do with reality.
The photographic series The Children of Humble Freedomby Mauro D’Agati borrows its name from the romantic poem The Gypsies(1827) by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin.
Loaded with misperception of this kind, his curiosity and his camera Mauro D’Agati arrived in a Roma camp. Over the course of 6 years, he frequented the Via Messina Marine, Foro Italico, Paternò and Favorita camps (Sicily) on a regular basis. By his own admission D’Agati had been drawn to the Roma camps, as many other photographers before him (Josef Koudelka, Jo Spence, and Nikos Economopoulos to name just a few), because the subjects were exotic and relatively easy to approach, which rendered them perfect for long-term observation. Rarely focusing on social events such as lavish weddings and avoiding tragic ones like the forced demolition of a camp by police, he concentrated on family and individual portraits and scenes from daily life. Thanks to this approach he managed to capture the sincere open faces of the children, heartfelt portraits of mothers with babies and toddlers, the stern smiles on men’s faces.
Kateryna Filyuk
1. Edition of 89 + 11 05/2021
Text by Kateryna Filyuk
Book design by 89books
110 pages
16 x 30 cm
137 BW photographs
Softcover + dust jacket
Digital print
ISBN 979-12-80423-08-5
€ 55,00
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Il Venerdi di Repubblica, 14 MAGGIO 2021, Cover photo by Mauro D’Agati
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Palermo Panorama coming soon
Mauro D’Agati / Steidl
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Palermo Panorama by Mauro D'Agati/Steidl →
Steidl catalogue Spring Summer 2021
Palermo Panorama / Mauro D’Agati
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Il Venerdi di Repubblica, 11-12-2020, Palazzo Butera (Palermo), Ph. Mauro D’Agati
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Playboy-Italia, Settembre 2020, Book review by Carlo Sessa
Mauro D’Agati / Kamavijitra
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