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Falcone and Borsellino: the story of an iconic photo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2016

John Dickie
John Dickie*
Affiliation:
University College London, UK
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∗Email: j.dickie@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Tony Gentile is a professional press photographer. The shot he took of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino shortly before they were murdered by the mafia in 1992 has become one of the most widespread vehicles of public memory of the two heroic magistrates. Here he is interviewed by John Dickie about how he came to take the picture, and how it became so famous.

Keywords

FalconeBorsellinomemoryMafiaphotography
Type
Contexts and Debates
Information
Modern Italy , Volume 17 , Issue 2: Special issue: Emotions , May 2012 , pp. 251 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Association for the study of Modern Italy 

References

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Lucentini, U. 2006. Paolo Borsellino. Cinisello Balsamo: San Paolo Edizioni.Google Scholar