Publisher's Synopsis
This title presents a significant body of work by Guido Guidi, which he made intermittently from 1983-4 to 2015. The subject is the Via Emilia, a Roman road connecting Milan to the Adriatic Sea. To this day, the Via is the backbone of a territorial system of the Southern tier of the Po Valley, running through mid-size cities such as Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, Forlì, and Rimini. Using a 8x10 inch camera, Guidi focuses his lens on the 'interstices' between cities rather than on historical centres, exploring the rich palimpsest of signs in the landscape built from centuries of residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial activity.
