- Enzo Sellerio
Enzo Sellerio is an Sicilian photographer, publisher, and collector.
Born in 1924 in
Palermo to a Sicilian father and a Russian mother, Sellerio studied law and was for some time a lecturer in law at theUniversity of Palermo . He became a full-time photographer in the early 1950s.In 1962
ZDF invited Sellerio,Hiroshi Hamaya and Will McBride to make a film on the German people; "Mit offenen Augen" was the result.After a short period in the mid-1960s freelancing in the United States for "Vogue" and "Fortune" magazines, Sellerio moved toward publishing, and in 1969 started Sellerio editore with his wife. Sellerio would take direct charge of the art division of the company, which, as Enzo Sellerio editore, became independent in 1983. Among his publications are books about traditional Sicilian artifacts, many of them from his own collection.
Sellerio's
black-and-white photographs depict most fairly public aspects of Sicilian life.Books of Sellerio's photographs
*"Palermo: Porträt einer Stadt." Special issue of "Du" (Zurich), 1961.
*"Castelli e monasteri." Palermo, 1968.
*"Inventario siciliano." Palermo: Sellerio, 1977.
*"Enzo Sellerio" ("I grandi fotografi"). Milan: Fabbri, 1983.
*"Persone." Florence: Passigli, 1990.
*"Enzo Sellerio fotografo ed editore," ed. Roberta Valtorta. Verona: WAP, 1991.
*"Fotografo in Sicilia." Arti Grafiche Friulane, 1996. ISBN 88-86550-21-9
*"A Photographer in Sicily", trans. Guido Waldman. London: Harvill, 1996. ISBN 1-86046-055-0
*"Fotografie 1950-1989." Milan: Motta, 2000. ISBN 88-7179-236-X
*"Milloss al Massimo." Milan: Motta, 2000. ISBN 88-7179-248-3 The work of the choreographer Aurel M. Milloss at Teatro Massimo.
*"Per volontà o per caso." Florence: Edizioni della Meridiana, 2004. ISBN 88-87478-90-2External links
*" [http://www.centrarte.org/sellerio.htm Sellerio Editore Palermo] " on Sellerio's work as a publisher and collector
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