After helping to define modernism with his shots of New York,Paul Strand went to Italy to make political work approximately everyday people. Now 73, Angela Secchi shares her memories of when he came to LuzzaraAngela Secchi was nine years aged when she encountered Paul Strand for the first time. Now 73, and she remembers being “scared of this very serious man who never smiled”. Strand approached her in her hometown of Luzzara in northern Italy,while she was on her way to “the fields nearby, where the adults were picking the grapes to make wine. He was carrying a large plate camera and asked her to quiz her parents whether he could photograph her. Related: Parmesan and politics: Paul Strand's photographic genius – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com