More than a photobook: the complete portrait of an artist who turned the image into narrative, fusing fashion, art and culture. The volume gathers the photographer’s best-known shots, covers, still lifes, portraits and advertising campaigns, together with contributions and testimonies from friends, historians and curators who reveal the complexity and vision of the work. Photography was defined as “reality filtered by thought”, and these pages show how every detail becomes an act of elegance and creative freedom. Milan, the city made international by its protagonist, is the common thread running through the whole book, which accompanies the large Milan exhibition.