An intimate look at World War II’s Italian Campaign through the photographs, letters, drawings, and poems of noted architect and artist Alfonso Carrara
Alfonso Carrara was a young Italian-American, born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Landing at Anzio and traveling to Milan, he translated for the American and British officers and photographed his experiences along the way.
Happenchance is a timeless collection of drawings, letters, photographs and poems that commemorate intimate details and recollections of World War II’s Italian Campaign (1942–1945). Published posthumously, the book contains reflections on Carrara’s work and impact from the Italian Cultural Institute, art consultant Paul Berlanga, and Rolf Achilles and Alan Cohen, formerly of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Price: $60.00
Pages: 184
Publisher: Trope Publishing Co.
Imprint: Trope Publishing Co.
Publication Date:
14 March 2023
Trim Size: 11.75 X 9.80 in
ISBN: 9781450701044
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Mediterranean Theater, Second World War, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Individual photographers, European history
"Dramatic in design and content, this beautiful book is well worth holding and experiencing.-- Michelangelo Sabatino, IIT Architecture Chicago, award-winning author of Pride in Modesty: Modernist Architecture and the Vernacular Tradition in Italy
Alfonso Carrara was born in Chicago to Italian immigrants. Following education in Catholic schools, he studied with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the School of Design in Chicago. In 1942, he was drafted into the US Army. Landing at Anzio, Italy, and traveling to Milan, he translated for the American and British officers and photographed his experiences along the way. Following the war, he returned to Chicago in 1945 and worked as a commercial architect until 1993. He endeavored as a potter, artist and photographer until his death in 2012.
