Gino Baldi, Portrait of Caterina Caselli, 1967, Gelatin Silver Print

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A vintage gelatin silver press photograph depicting Caterina Caselli (b. 1946), one of Italy's most iconic pop singers of the … Read more A vintage gelatin silver press photograph depicting Caterina Caselli (b. 1946), one of Italy's most iconic pop singers of the 1960s. Captured in an engaging close-up portrait, Caselli appears with a warm, natural smile, her distinctive long dark hair secured with a simple hair clip and her famously dramatic eyelashes accentuating the youthful style that made her a symbol of Italian popular culture during the decade. The reverse bears the blue copyright stamp of Liverani – Foto Notizie d'Attualità per la Stampa, Milan, with credit to photographer Gino Baldi, one of Italy's leading photojournalists and celebrity photographers. Editorial annotations and layout markings on the verso further attest to the photograph's original use by the press. Executed with excellent tonal range and crisp detail, the portrait embodies the clean, intimate aesthetic of Italian editorial photography during the late 1960s, documenting Caselli at the height of her recording career. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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