Peppe Maisto: ten books that I haven't read... or almost
I'm a messy reader. I move in a zig zag through the shelves with the compass of randomness. Choosing ten books among those I read presumes a memory that I haven't and a logic that I can't find. Indeed, I choose ten of those I haven't read yet. I’d love I’ve read them, I look forward to reading them. some of these are already in my library. others, I wait to meet them. it will happen at the right time. they all feed my curiosity or reverence, while some of them feed my laziness with many pages.
The Camera
Ansel Adams
Every job requires knowledge of the technique.
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Art and Visual Perception
Rudolf Arnheim
Theories should be known, applied, betrayed.
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Storia Sociale Della Fotografia
Ando Gilardi
Photography in general, as well as each picture, presumes a history, a philosophy, a literature.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
James Agee, Walker Evans
There are stories of photography that feed tales.
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
There are tales that feed images, imageries, visions.
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Understanding a Photograph
John Berger
All of his writings open windows on worlds outside and inside of everyone.
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The Walk
Robert Walser
(on the other side, I’ve read "The Walking Man" by Jiro Taniguchi so many times).
I don't like the word "survey". but I like to walk around places before I take pictures of
them.
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Life: A User's Manual
Georges Perec
I like the interiors. I like 'telling' by sections.
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La città invisibile
Mimmo Jodice
I know it, I know its pictures, and I would love to have it among my books. for Jodice’s
ability to keep an archaeologist point of view while telling about contemporary times.
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A Scientific Autobiography
Aldo Rossi
this one, I’ve read it. but each reading shows me new tracks useful to understand my work
and that photography, the same as architecture, doesn’t presume stories. it makes them
possible.
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Peppe Maisto Italian photographer
Landscape and architectural photographer. Training in the schools of architecture of Naples and Venice. Educational activities in the faculties of Naples, Reggio Calabria and Siracusa. He has realized photographic campaigns in Italy and abroad. His photographs have been published in national and international architecture magazines. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions about workshops and public and private investigations.
Texts by Peppe Maisto
