Enzo Sellerio (1924 – February 22, 2012) was an Italian photographer, publisher, and collector.
Born in 1924 in
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to an
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father and a Russian mother, Sellerio studied law and was for some time a lecturer in law at the
University of Palermo
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. He became a full-time photographer in the early 1950s.
In 1962
ZDF invited Sellerio,
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Will McBride to make a film on the German people; ''Mit offenen Augen'' was the result.
After a short period in the mid-1960s freelancing in the United States for ''
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'' magazines, Sellerio moved toward publishing, and in 1969 started Sellerio editore with his wife. Sellerio would take direct charge of the art division of the company, which, as Enzo Sellerio editore, became independent in 1983. Among his publications are books about traditional Sicilian artifacts, many of them from his own collection.
Sellerio's
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photographs depict most fairly public aspects of Sicilian life.
He died in Palermo in 2012, on February 22, aged 88.
''È morto l’editore Enzo Sellerio''
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Books of Sellerio's photographs
*''Palermo: Porträt einer Stadt.'' Special issue of ''Du'' (Zurich), 1961.
*''Castelli e monasteri.'' Palermo, 1968.
*''Inventario siciliano.'' Palermo: Sellerio, 1977.
*''Enzo Sellerio'' ("I grandi fotografi"). Milan: Fabbri, 1983.
*''Persone.'' Florence: Passigli, 1990.
*''Enzo Sellerio fotografo ed editore,'' ed. Roberta Valtorta. Verona: WAP, 1991.
*''Fotografo in Sicilia.'' Arti Grafiche Friulane, 1996.
*''A Photographer in Sicily'', trans. Guido Waldman. London: Harvill, 1996.
*''Fotografie 1950-1989.'' Milan: Motta, 2000.
*''Milloss al Massimo.'' Milan: Motta, 2000. The work of the choreographer Aurel M. Milloss at Teatro Massimo.
*''Per volontà o per caso.'' Florence: Edizioni della Meridiana, 2004.
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on Sellerio's work as a publisher and collector
1924 births
2012 deaths
Photographers from Palermo
Italian publishers (people)
Academic staff of the University of Palermo
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