LIFE
FORCE
The magazine of the photo-essay
June 2017 back issue
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
by Charles H. Traub
Dolce Via brings an American aesthetic to the delights of the streets and
byways of Italy. This volume is the first comprehensive compendium of
Charles H. Traub’s vivid, color photographs made in early 1980s, from Milan
to Marsala.
Characteristic of his imagery is a candid intimacy that combines humor and
spontaneity, which makes us long for an Italy that maybe only once was.
Brilliant blues, reds, and yellows engulf the baroque posturing and gestures of
strangers and ordinary people who become fond archetypical caricatures.
Traub’s friend and guide, the late photographer Luigi Ghirri, said of the
imagery, “You see our foibles, strip us bare, make love through the camera,
and then venerate us.”
Amalfi, 1982.
Capri, 1982.
Rome, 1982.
Rome, 1981.
Rome, 1982.
Cosenza, 1981.
Milan, 1981.
Naples, 1982.
Naples, 1981.
Naples, 1982.
Naples,1981.
Osita, 1982.
Reggio Emlia, 1983.
Rome 1983.
Rome, 1982.
