On numerous trips from the top to the very south of the country the photographer Bernhard C. Hartmann has set out to catch scenes of Italian life. For the book B.C. Hartmann has assembled and arrayed a wide range of photos from still-life-like compositions to recording the crucial moment of an action. The author just discloses the most basic textual information. He intends to encourage the beholder to scrutinize the pictures so as to decode the various compositions and scenarios. sakriti opis