I take over the world wherever it is

Italian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia (1935-2022), known for her work on Cosa Nostra crimes in the 1980s and 1990s in Palermo, tells his journalist friend, Sabrina Pisu, about his professional life as much than intimate. She explains the political and social context in which she took photographs that were decisive in the fight against the mafia and in the implementation due to certain politicians. In 1985, the W. Eugene Smith Photojournalism Award marked the beginning of her career. of international recognition. At the same time, she became involved in the politics and ecology to change the daily life of the people of Palermo, despite a certain disillusionment. When Judges Falcone and Borsellino died in 1992, She decided to end her career as a photojournalist and founded Edizioni della battaglia, who will publish anti-mafia texts and plays. In the second part of the book, Sabrina Pisu returns to the world of Italian journalism, the political context and the mafia as they were in the "years of lead" in Italy. The destiny of Letizia Battaglia, as her name foretold, embodies the struggles contemporary feminism, civic engagement and ecology.