The Great Flood of Florence: A Photographic Essay (Villa Rossa)

On November 4, 1966, Florence experienced the most devastating flood of its entire history, which crippled the city and destroyed many of the world's art treasures. On that day, Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna, a twenty-six-year-old American artist living in Florence, went out into the flooded streets and photographed the dramatic unfolding events. Kraczyna was awarded the Fiorino d'Oro - the highest honor of the City of Florence - for ten of those photographs. Only two have been published before now: one showing the full fury of the Arno at Ponte Santa Trinita, the other a boat rescue near the Uffizi. Both have been frequently reproduced in the newspapers on the anniversaries of the disaster; they have become emblematic of that historical moment. Kraczyna's other photographs have never before been published. This book presents, for the first time, a selection of eighty-five of Kraczyna's flood photographs, taken on that tragic day and in the days that followed, as the city tried to deal with the immense disaster.
ASIN: 8895250001
VSKU: PKV.8895250001.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Kraczyna, Swietlan Nicholas|Barrett, Dorothea
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!