Io Milano

This striking photographic account by Carlo Mari portrays the city of Milan at the time of its greatest exposure to attack by an invisible yet insidious threat for which we were all unprepared, the photographerÆs skill is in bringing a new city back into the spotlight, one that is not bruised or wounded in any way. Instead, it suggests a time that is slowing down, not in efficiency but in ideas. The city is reflecting, and making people think. Carlo MariÆs lens also testifies to a presence that is discreet but ever present: the carabinieri, or police, who did not ôcontrolö the city during this very delicate phase, but ôaccompaniedö it through a painful and difficult time.

Carlo Mari is a photographer working in journalism and advertising. He has travelled around the world, above and below the seas, with his camera around his neck to tell stories. In the 1980s and Æ90s he published photographic features and covers for the most prestigious marine magazines in Italy and abroad. Following this, he spent a