#7 [ENG] From Milan to the Moon

Did you know that De Biasi was affectionately nicknamed the "crazy Italian"? Why?Because sent around the world by the magazine Epoca, our photojournalist often worked in difficult and dangerous situations, literally throwing himself into the adventure. At a time when travelling was a luxury reserved for few, De Biasi’s photographs allowed thousands of readers of at least two generations to see the facts and protagonists of history, as well as the places of the world, as if they were there, next to him.Maria Vittoria Baravelli will accompany us out of his adoptive city for this last part of the story.“De Biasi certainly didn’t photograph only Milan, on the contrary! In fact, over the years some of the great upheavals that marked the 20th century played out before his lens. This is the case of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, during which De Biasi risked his life to carry out the famous and intense reportage under the Soviet bombings. But he also immortalised lighter episodes, such as the landing of the ‘Fashion Cruise’ at the port of New York in 1956, when the most noble ladies of the Italian aristocracy, gathered aboard the transatlantic Christopher Columbus, made themselves ambassadors of Made in Italy overseas. From the last geishas in Japan, to the lions of Africa, to the paradise of Polynesian beaches; from erupting Etna to the endless snows of the Pole and Siberia, his gaze was that of a witness. But for those who have travelled far and wide, the world must appear a very small place, which is why 1969 saw De Biasi up close and personal documenting the preparations for the Apollo 11 mission that would bring the first men to the lunar soil — the dream of a new frontier beyond our planet. New unexplored scenarios that De Biasi would surely have dreamed of investigating with his camera. From Milan to the Moon!"