Choosing the best photo by using the contact sheet and we, as observers can understand, by looking at the contact sheet, the history behind some of the most unforgettable images of our history.

Fifty one international photographers – Roger Ballen, Elinor Carucci, Mark Cohen, Charlie Cole, Stephane Duroy, Donna Ferrato, Larry Fink, Jill Furmanovsky, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Bob Gruen, Leonie Hampton, Ed Kashi, Gered Mankowitz, Christopher Morris, Asako Narahashi, Rebecca Norris Webb, Reza, Jacob Aue Sobol, Mark Steinmetz, Joseph Szabo, Phil Toledano, Albert Watson, James Whitlow Delano – who tell with their photos the last sixty years of our history: from Ronald Reagan's presidency to Barack Obama, from the Tienanmen Square protests of 1989 to the war in Afghanistan, from Chechen wars to Tsunami in Japan, from John Lennon to Pearl Jam.

Giammaria De Gasperis Sora, 1983) lives and works in Rome. He is co-founder and editorial director of the photographic magazine Rearviewmirror). He also works as exhibitions curator and photo consultant for both Italian and foreign photographers. In 2012 he edited the book "Contatti - Provini d'autore" (Postcart Edizioni) on contact sheets.

Contatti - Provini d'autore
Edited by Giammaria De Gasperis
Postcart Edizioni
Texts by Christian Caujolle and Nazario Dal Poz
212 pages
12 x 20 cm
ISBN 978-88-86795-87-6
12,50 €