Simone Donati


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Hotel Immagine book

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From politics to religion, going from music, sport and television, between 2009 and 2015 Simone Donati crossed his country in search of myths and icons of the Italian contemporary imaginary.

Hotel Immagine book

This project provides a glimpse into the Italian society with an ironic but also purely documentary look.
The resulting book contains a selection of 48 images with the addition of phrases taken from Facebook groups of the various situations photographed. There is also an afterword by writer Daniele Rielli, which besides giving an opinion on the subject also comments on the Facebook phrases.

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Photographs: Simone Donati
Graphic design: Emanuele Poli - fopp.it
Afterword: Daniele Rielli

Self published, 2015
First edition, 750 copies
14.8 x 21 cm (5.8 x 8.3 in)
Hardcover, 128 pages
Italian and English language
Offset printing

ISBN: 978-88-909573-1-4

IN THE PRESS:
ENG - Video review by Jörg Colberg
ENG - Review on Colin Pantall's blog
ENG - Review on GUP Magazine
ITA - Interview on VICE online
ITA - Video interview on The Mammoth Reflex 
ITA - Review on Camera Doppia blog
ITA - Podcast for "Parole di luce" radio interview
ITA - Interview on Espoarte
ITA - Interview on Erodoto108

BOOKSHOPS:
ITALY:
- Black Spring Bookshop, Florence
- FSM Gallery, Florence
- Officine Fotografiche, Rome
- OneRoom, Rome
- Micamera, Milan
- Hoepli, Milan
- Lo.Ft., Lecce
BELGIUM:
- Tipi bookshop, Bruxelles
- Peinture Fraiche, Bruxelles
FRANCE:
- L'Ascenseur Végétal
GERMANY:
- Ten Gallery, Mannheim
GREAT BRITAIN:
- PhotoBookStore