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Trastevere, Rome

Mario De BiasiWW-1947-014927

1947·Gelatin silver print·Image: 15 15/16 × 12 3/16 in. (40.5 × 31 cm)

Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2018

Catalogue

Year: 1947
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 15 15/16 × 12 3/16 in. (40.5 × 31 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Mario De Biasi

Artist

Mario De Biasi

Photography

Mario De Biasi was an Italian photographer who documented postwar Italy through reportage and editorial work. Active from the 1940s onward, he captured the economic recovery, social change, and everyday life of a nation in transition. His approach combined journalistic precision with a humanistic eye for detail, establishing him as a significant figure in Italian photojournalism of the period.

Belluno, Italy

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