Io Milano | Carlo Mari

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This striking photographic account by Carlo Mari portrays the city of Milan at the time of its greatest exposure to attack by an invisible yet insidious threat for which we were all unprepared; the photographer’s skill is in bringing a new city back into the spotlight, one that is not bruised or wounded in any way. Instead, it suggests a time that is slowing down, not in efficiency but in ideas. The city is reflecting, and making people think. Carlo Mari’s lens also testifies to a presence that is discreet but ever present: the carabinieri, or police, who did not “control” the city during…