This book brings together all of Ghirri’s essays alongside a selection of interviews conducted throughout his entire career. Written between 1973 and 1991, this essential collection of texts made a substantial contribution to the literature of the field during a period of profound change and vibrant activity surrounding the photographic medium itself.

Alternating between historical and technical, personal and theoretical perspectives—and dedicated both to his own work and to that of other prominent Italian and international figures in the history of photography—Ghirri’s writings originally appeared in period books, exhibition catalogues, magazines, and newspapers. Brought together in a single publication, they allow readers to trace the intricate thematic, conceptual, and poetic framework underlying Ghirri’s oeuvre, while simultaneously serving as a complex exploration into the very nature of photography.