'This monograph skilfully rehearses one of the most extraordinary, original and engaging careers in photography' (Times Literary Supplement)

Alistair Crawford has contributed widely to photography books, catalogues and journals in Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand and the US. He has also curated several major touring photographic exhibitions including 'Mario Giacomelli', which was PrintWorks Gallery, Chicago, in 1991

Random recollections for an autobiography * Interview with Alessandra Mauro * For Mario Giacomelli * Introduction by Alistair Crawford * I want to tell you this memory * My whole life * Public announcement * Night clears the mind * The painter Bastari * I am nobody! * Cantamaggio and Pasquella * To Sylvia * Past * The infinite * Happiness achieved * My head is full, mamma * Lullaby * The theatre of snow * The song of the new emigrants * The sea of my stories * A tale, towards possible inner meanings * Caroline Branson from 'Spoon River' * Motif suggested by the cut of the tree * The good earth * There are no hands to caress my face * Slaughterhouse * A man, a woman, a love * Loreto * Gypsies * Puglia * Scanno * Lourdes * On being aware of nature * Metamorphosis of the land * Death will come and it will have your eyes * Early works * Selected Exhibitions * Bibliography