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The photographer who fought the Sicilian Mafia for five decades

  • Written by Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The photographer who fought the Sicilian Mafia for five decadesThrough her photographs and activism, Letizia Battaglia sought to wrest Palermo from the grip of the Mafia.Laura Lezza/Getty Images

When Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia passed away on April 13, 2022, the biggest shock among those of us who have written about her was that she didn’t die at the hands of the Mafia.

For nearly five decades...

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