About the Author

Mimmo Jodice is one of the main names in the history of photography. He was born in Naples in 1934 and from 1970 to 1996 he taught at Accademia di Belle Arti of Naples. Avanguard photographer in the sixties, he has been since then a prominent protagonist of the Italian cultural debate acquiring an international reputation through numerous exhibitions and The author of ten highly acclaimed novels, Prose is a contributing editor at Harper's and writes on art for the Wall Street Journal.