Photographer Charles H. Traub captured spectacular moments of intimacy and humor in everyday Italian life.
In his latest collection, photographer Charles H. Traub (born 1945) turns his emphatically American gaze upon the streets and byways of Italy, from Milan to Marsala.
Traub’s brilliant blues, reds and yellows accent the baroque posturing and gestures of strangers and ordinary people.
Traub’s friend and guide, the late photographer Luigi Ghirri, said of the imagery, “you see our foibles, strip us bare, make love through the camera and then venerate us.
” Dolce Via is the first comprehensive collection of these vivid color photographs, which were made in Italy during the early 1980s.
Rome, 1981 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Naples, 1981 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Rome, 1981 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Rome, 1982 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Venice, 1981 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Naples, 1985 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Reggio Emilia, 1983 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Naples, 1982 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
Rome, 1982 Courtesy of Charles Traub/Damiani
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