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When Italy Stayed Home
Paperback
General PhotographyItalian History
Publisher: Belilce Valley Press
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A poignant, visual tribute to a country on pause.
When Italy Stayed Home is an intimate photo documentary featuring 100 full-color photographs captured over four months on the ground across Rome, Sicily, Tuscany, and Umbria during the devastating onset of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Through striking imagery and firsthand commentary, this collection chronicles the resilience and solidarity of a vibrant culture frozen in lockdown. From empty streets and historic piazzas to quiet belvederes and countryside landscapes, it captures both the sudden solitude of a nation and the enduring beauty of a country united in spirit.
Inside this collection:
- 100 Full-Color Photographs: Rich, evocative visual reportage from four distinct regions during the earliest days of the global lockdown.
- A Real-Time Chronicle: Photos and reflections unfold sequentially, tracking the virus's impact as it happened-from the deceptive calm on the eve of lockdown, through the four successive lockdown extensions, to the cautious rebirth of social life in the month following quarantine.
- The Human Experience: Intimate portraits of daily life under new rules-masked encounters, friends and families conversing at a distance, and small groups re-emerging into public spaces.
- A Historic Record: A timeless archive of humanity and hope in the face of unprecedented adversity.
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