Vitali, Massimo; "Rosignano 3 Woman".

Offset lithograph printed in colors on 300gsm Consort Royal paper Frame: 32.75 x 40.75 in Edition of 120 Stamped with artist ink stamp and numbered 38/120 on verso. Shot in 1995 on the Mediterranean coastline of northern Italy, “Rosignano 3 Woman” captures the activities of a populated beach with masterful precision, articulating a seamless union between human subject and geographical environment. As seen in this work, Italian photographer Massimo Vitali documents expansive, yet frenzied landscapes that are teeming with people, a visual realization that readily informs the titling of this series, “Landscapes with Figures." His exquisite panoramas are both formally stunning in their use of saturated color and conceptually charged in their engagement with leisure as a commercial phenomenon. Massimo Vitali (Italian, b. 1944) studied photography in London before becoming a photojournalist in the 1960s. His most well-known works are his series of large-format Italian beach panora