Lisetta Carmi, I travestiti, 1965-1970, certificate signed by the artist (issued by the archive), C-print (2017) on Hahnemühle paper, 38 x 24,7 cm (unframed), edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof
Estorick Collection, London
Carmi’s 1960s photos of marginalised people, from sex workers to stevedores, have a piercing humanity
She was an accomplished concert pianist who later became a devoted yogi, but Lisetta Carmi is best known for the 18 years she spent taking photographs. Her carefully observed, quietly sensational pictures had a subtle power to them: they reckoned with Italy’s traditional, patriarchal society.
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