IDNO

T.153080.RPT

Description

Portrait of Pippo, a young Sicilian boy. He has dark hair and is wearing a brown jumper. There are trees in the background. [IJ 31/01/2023]

Place

S Europe; Italy; Sicily [Sicilia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Pippo

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

1957 - 1958

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.152858.RPT - T.153307.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1022/.

T.153060.RPT - T.153081.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1022/11.

Publication: Image published in Adams, G. Kernohan, K. Bell, E. and Ovens, G. 2023. 'Anthropologists and Photographers: The Poignant and Elliott Collections'. MAA Digital Lab blog post with the caption "Figures 4 and 5. Portraits of Pippo, a boy from Fornazzo in Sicily by Axel and Roslyn Poignant, c. 1958. Poignant Collection. Left – MAA T.153080.RPT. Right – P.147907.RPT." [source: https://www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2023/07/11/anthropologists-and-photographers-on-the-poignant-and-elliott-photographic-collections/ KK 14/08/2023]

Related film: A 30 minute film directed by Axel and Roslyn Poignant about Pippo was shown on BBC Television on 27/09/1959. The radio times listing contained the following information: "A film about a Sicilian boy.
Pippo is the son of a charcoal burner and lives on the slopes of a volcano, Mount Etna. Sometimes the mountain rumbles, and then all the family wonders what will happen. Will it be just another stream of hot lava or will the volcano erupt and overwhelm their village?
Story told by Johnny Morris.
Contributors
Photographed and directed by: Axel Poignant
Photographed and directed by: Roslyn Poignant
Narrator: Johnny Morris." [source: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c40c475d93741718801fa467a31c3b8 KK 20/04/2023]