I Travestiti

Lisetta Carmi
I Travestiti

Photographs: Lisetta Carmi

Text: Elvio Fachineli

Publisher: Essedi editrice

164 pages

Year: 1972

Comments: Hardcover, 320 x 240 mm. First edition, 1972. Black & white photographs. Text in italian and in english. Little edge wear. Tiny trace to cover. In very good condition. Very fresh copy. Included in The Photobook by Parr & Badger, vol.1, p. 228. Scarce and collectible copy.

"In the wrong hands the subject of the transvestite can be voyeuristic. It is to the credit of the Genoese photographer Lisetta Carmi that she never goes for the cheap shot as she explores Genoa's transvestite quarter. This book is a serious study that makes an attempt to understand and empathize with the social and sexual phenomenon of the transvestite". An amazing and expertly executed study of transvestisim in Genoa during the late sixties and early seventies.