A century of history told through masterpiece photographs gathered by one great collector: one of the most important collections of post-war Italian photography in the world. The volume is introduced by a long conversation between the collector and Walter Guadagnini on the birth of the collection, on his passions, the cultural climate in which he grew up and his encounters with the masters of photography, past and present. More than 250 images, with short texts offering further suggestions and keys to reading, range from great history to everyday stories, from faces to places, from Italy to the world, with names such as Robert Capa, David Seymour and William Klein alongside the masters of the Neorealist season and the leading Italian photographers.