Shooting The Mafia: How female photographer captured the mob
Letizia Battaglia was convinced that one day she would be shot dead. Or worse. She knew better than most the horrific ways in which mafia victims were brutalised and degraded.The death threats came in the form of anonymous phone calls and letters. But she carried on, documenting the mafia's most horrific crimes through photography for almost 20 years, refusing to be cowed. Some of her images were later used as evidence in court hearings. Now 84, Italy's first female newspaper photographer is the subject of award-winning director Kim Longinotto's new documentary film, Shooting The Mafia, which lays bare the ugly realities of life under the Corleonesi mob. Image: Battaglia documented the mafia in Sicily for almost 20 years ...
