Italy 1950s aesthetic

We celebrate Italy through the ages, from the Eternal City to the Amalfi Coast.

A nostalgic look at the old country with a collection of more than 20 vintage photos of Italy from the 1920s through the 1970s.

1951 Model in ankle-length dress by Wilson Folmar for Ben Gam

With its timeless photogenic setting, Capri continues to entice and fascinate travellers. From the 1950s to the 1980s, here is a compilation of the best vintage shots of the Italian island's fabulous summers.

How best to describe 'Italian Style'? It's Complex and Layered: Look to the abundance of Ancient Roman Architecture beautifully co-existing with trendsetting Modern Design. It's Playful: Look at the fantastic trompe l'oeil of Fornasetti, the Surrealism of Schiaparelli, and yes, 80's naysayers - the Post Modern Memphis movement that really became the poster child of that decade. (FYI - If you take these pieces and put them into a new format - I can persuade you that they can indeed be quite…

Victor Pandolfi (born 1942) is an Italian journalist who had a degree in Economics from the University Sapienza of Rome, began his journalistic career as a trainee in 1975 and became professional in 1977. He has taught at the Institute for Training in Journalism at the University of Urbino and is still professor of agency journalism at the course "Writing and Publishing" of Wisdom. Here is a stunning color photo collection that he shot everyday life of Naples in the late 1950s and few of the…

Printed from Magnum Negatives; street market; man; woman; Communist posters