Domingo Milella Monograph Published by Steidl

Steidl has released the first monograph dedicated to Italian photographer Domingo Milella, born in 1981 in Puglia. The large-format book features a pink cloth cover without images, a color chosen for its art historical resonance with Giotto, Pontormo, and Tiepolo, as noted by Roberto Calasso. The volume spans about ten years of Milella's research, with images taken worldwide. It opens with landscape contemplation and evolves into a linguistic analysis of photography, including two unrecognizable self-portraits from behind. Milella's work references Land Art figures such as Walter De Maria, discovered at age 16 during a trip to New Mexico with his father, as well as Michael Heizer and Richard Long. His photography also engages with Beato Angelico, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Jeff Wall. Milella wrote his thesis on Mexico City, discussed in the United States. The book raises questions about history and the present, linking ancient and classical culture.