Cesare Colombo

Cesare Colombo (Milan, 1935-2016) is an essential reference for twentieth-century Italian photography. Animated by a strong civil sense, he was also a historian, critic, curator of important exhibitions since the post-war period, promoting debates which have contributed to a significant growth of photographic culture in Italy. Alongside the advertising and industrial activities he collaborated with the Agfa Advertising Service, the 3M Foundation, the Archive of the Italian Touring Club, the Alinari Archives, together with a constant presence on prestigious photography magazines. The volume brings together two hundred and fifty images that testify to the variety of interests and themes of his research: a nucleus is dedicated to his city, Milan, narrated in sixty years of urban, cultural and social transformations; included here are also photographs of political subject, those dedicated to work, to trade and finally art and culture. The volume is complete with a bio-bibliographic apparatus and indices.