Private Story
Letizia Battaglia: Picchi Idda?
Summary
Picchi Idda? In English, it means Why Her?
Letizia turned a man's rude question about her presence into a neon sign to mock misogyny.
Letizia was always fearless. She documented the Mafia's control in Italian society. She went into politics to change social mores.
In 1985, we shared the W. Eugene Smith Award for documenting violence in society and at home.
In 2017, she joined my Sacred Eye Workshop in Palermo, "Let Us Now Praise Women".
Letizia was more than a photographer. She is the God Mother of Documentary Photography.
Letizia turned a man's rude question about her presence into a neon sign to mock misogyny.
Letizia was always fearless. She documented the Mafia's control in Italian society. She went into politics to change social mores.
In 1985, we shared the W. Eugene Smith Award for documenting violence in society and at home.
In 2017, she joined my Sacred Eye Workshop in Palermo, "Let Us Now Praise Women".
Letizia was more than a photographer. She is the God Mother of Documentary Photography.
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