Letizia Battaglia's photo archive goes online

The Archivio Letizia Battaglia has launched a website showcasing the work of the late photographer, who died on April 13, 2022, at age 87. The site, developed by QMedia, organizes her images into fifteen thematic sections, covering crime scenes, religious festivals, the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals, and portraits of Palermo's children. It includes iconic shots of mafia victims and trials, such as the flowers at Giuseppe Impastato's murder site (1978), the arrest of Leoluca Bagarella (1979), Giovanni Falcone at General Dalla Chiesa's funeral (1982), and Rosaria Schifani in 1992. Political figures appear: Enrico Berlinguer at a 1983 rally, Sandro Pertini with Piersanti Mattarella (1979), and Mattarella being carried from his car after assassination (1980). The site also features Battaglia's travels (Africa, Russia, Greenland), special projects like "Gli invincibili" and "Rielaborazioni," and a section on her life with a timeline curated by Paolo Falcone, plus bibliography and filmography (including La mia Battaglia by Franco Maresco and Shooting the Mafia by Kim Longinotto). The archive, founded by Battaglia in 2021 with her grandchildren Matteo and Marta Sollima, holds the economic rights to her photographs and continues digitizing her work.