Letizia Battaglia - Life, Love and Death in Sicily

In the shadow of the Mafia, photographer, activist and politician Letizia Battaglia (Sicily, 1935–2022) captured the harsh reality of everyday life in Sicily. From the early 1970s onwards, she impressively portrayed the impact of Mafia rule on the Sicilian population and the suffering it caused. In her fight against organised crime, Battaglia used her camera as a weapon: as a photojournalist, she documented the daily terror and brought it to the attention of the public via the front pages of newspapers. In total, she took more than 600,000 photographs, including images that are considered the most famous visual testimonies of the Mafia. Battaglia later continued her fight against the Mafia as a politician.

Life, Love and Death in Sicily is the first major retrospective exhibition of Battaglia's work since her death in 2022. The exhibition is produced by The Photographers' Gallery in London (UK). nbsp;

The exhibition has been curated by Paolo Falcone, in collaboration with the Archivio Letizia Battaglia and the Fondazione Falcone per le Arti, and is supported by the Fondazione Candido Speroni e Carla Fendi Speroni, the Italian Cultural Institute in London, and Ambra & Antonio Gatti.