This iconic photograph is titled Boy with a Watch (Ragazzo con l'orologio), captured in Comacchio, Italy, in 1955 by the pioneering Italian photojournalist Piergiorgio Branzi.
Branzi (1928–2022), was a major figure in post-war Italian humanist street photography and photojournalism.
Subject: A young boy (affectionately known locally as "Il Cicca") walking through a wet square in Comacchio, carrying a large clock or pocket-watch-style timepiece on his shoulders, with his reflection mirrored in a puddle below. Taken during Branzi's early 1950s travels documenting the social realities and daily life of post-war Italy, the original was B&W...
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