(Senigallia 1925-2000) "Vita d'Ospizio", from the series: "Verra la morte e avra i tuoi occhi", 1957, vintage print, gelatine silver, the reverse side with photographer’s stamp, with title in black crayon, dated, stamped number and labelled in pencil and ballpoint, 19,3 x 33,5 cm, the corners scuffed, (EK)

cf. in: Alistair Crawford, Mario Giacomelli, Phaidon Press, 2001, p. 402/403
... “These images are more realistic. Even technically speaking they are my simplest and my truest. Because what I was trying to show, rather than what I saw, was what was within me: my fear of getting old - not of dying - and my disgust at the price one has to pay for one's life. The different titles given to the series over the years - 'Old People's Home", "Life in a Home", "Don't Ask Me Questions", "And I Saw You as a Girl" - bear witness to Giacomelli's deep involvement in it.

cf. in: Alistair Crawford, Mario Giacomelli, Phaidon Press, 2001, p. 402/403 ...

“These images are more realistic. Even technically speaking they are my simplest and my truest. Because what I was trying to show, rather than what I saw, was what was within me: my fear of getting old - not of dying - and my disgust at the price one has to pay for one's life. The different titles given to the series over the years - 'Old People's Home", "Life in a Home", "Don't Ask Me Questions", "And I Saw You as a Girl" - bear witness to Giacomelli's deep involvement in it.