The volume hosts a reflection on the portrait in Italian photography, tracing its contemporary history and styles and emphasizing its links and ruptures with the pictorial and portrait tradition. This second edition features the contribution of philosopher Giorgio Agamben, joining those of Andrea Cortellessa, literary critic; Marco Delogu, photographer and curator; Francesco Zanot, curator; and Emanuele Trevi, writer. Photographs by Jacopo Benassi, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Lisetta Carmi, Tano D’Amico, Marco Delogu, Luigi Di Sarro, Fausto Giaccone, Guido Guidi, Antonia Mulas, Ugo Mulas, Francesco Neri, Luca Nostri, Sabrina Ragucci, Moira Ricci and Paolo Ventura.