The article is part of the monographic issue "Non-Photographic Objects. Liminal Materialities in Context". The essay examines the scrapbook compiled by the Italian photographer Lori Sammartino (1924-1971) throughout her career as a personal record of press reviews of her work. Despite its seemingly marginal status compared with traditionally defined photographic objects such as prints, this archival material constitutes a valuable source for reconstructing Sammartino’s photographic practice and the critical reception of her work.
A Scrapbook as a Historiographical Source: Lori Sammartino and Italian Photographic Publishing in the Early 1960s / Cristiana Sorrentino. - STAMPA. - 46:(2026), pp. 78-93.
A Scrapbook as a Historiographical Source: Lori Sammartino and Italian Photographic Publishing in the Early 1960s
Cristiana Sorrentino
2026
Abstract
The article is part of the monographic issue "Non-Photographic Objects. Liminal Materialities in Context". The essay examines the scrapbook compiled by the Italian photographer Lori Sammartino (1924-1971) throughout her career as a personal record of press reviews of her work. Despite its seemingly marginal status compared with traditionally defined photographic objects such as prints, this archival material constitutes a valuable source for reconstructing Sammartino’s photographic practice and the critical reception of her work.
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