PaoloDiPaolo moved to Rome after the war to study philosophy with nothing but a small suitcase and a third-class ticket 💥
moved to Rome in the aftermath of World War Two to study philosophy with nothing but a small cardboard suitcase and a third-class ticket. It was here in the Roman evenings between the mid-40s and early-50s that he began to mix with the artistic crowd that would soon become his second family. The scene is easy to set: groups of young determined students sip negronis and beers while leaning on ancient alley walls.
Di Paolo’s work illustrates the economic boom that erupted in Italy after the war, but also the poverty that persisted for so many. Post-war Italy was “a country of startling contrasts,” in the words of the writer and journalist Mario Calabresi. It was a place in which Di Paolo was able to capture girls walking along the Viareggio promenade in mini shorts, and others in Campobasso walking with veils covering their hair.
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