Col Tempo (1956-2024)

Col tempo (1956-2024) begins with some of the earliest photographs Guido Guidi made,
aged fifteen, in the countryside around Cesena in the Italian region of Romagna. The
sequence that follows, covering almost seventy years, encompasses a wide range of
styles, forms, and approaches as it traces the evolution of one of the most important
voices in contemporary photography - but rarely strays far from the modest agricultural
landscapes where Guidi was born and still lives and works today.
Coinciding with a major solo exhibition at MAXXI, Rome, this volume provides a
complete and long-awaited retrospective of Guidi's career, sequenced by the artist
himself in his typically astute, associative style. Including many of his most famous series
alongside unseen early works, paintings, and writings, it illuminates the influences of
Early Renaissance frescoes, minimalism, Pop art, and semiotics on his rich and layered
oeuvre. The book is completed by a suite of critical and scholarly essays by Phyllis
Lambert, Thomas Weski, Antonello Frongia, Carlo Birrozzi, Alessandra Coco, and exhibition
curators Simona Antonacci and Pippo Ciorra.
Co-published with MAXXI