Letizia Battaglia, Quartiere Cala. "La bambina con il pallone". Palermo, 1980 © Letizia Battaglia / Courtesy of Archivio Letizia Battaglia
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Letizia Battaglia. Life, Love and Death in Sicily
04/04/2026 - 23/08/2026
Fotomuseum Den Haag
Stadhouderslaan 43
2517 HV Den Haag
www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitions
Photographer, activist and politician Letizia Battaglia (Sicily, 1935–2022) captured the harsh reality of life in Sicily in the shadow of the mafia. From the early 1970s, she recorded the impact of mafia rule on the Sicilian population and the suffering it caused. In her fight against organised crime, Battaglia wielded her camera as a weapon: as a photojournalist, she documented the daily terror and put it on the front pages of the daily newspapers. In total, she took more than 600,000 photographs, including images that are considered the most famous visual testimonies of the Mafia. Later, Battaglia continued her fight against the Mafia as a politician.
Life, Love and Death in Sicily is Battaglia’s first major retrospective exhibition since her death in 2022. It is produced by the Photographers’ Gallery in London (UK).
04/04/2026 - 23/08/2026
Fotomuseum Den Haag
Stadhouderslaan 43
2517 HV Den Haag
www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitions
Photographer, activist and politician Letizia Battaglia (Sicily, 1935–2022) captured the harsh reality of life in Sicily in the shadow of the mafia. From the early 1970s, she recorded the impact of mafia rule on the Sicilian population and the suffering it caused. In her fight against organised crime, Battaglia wielded her camera as a weapon: as a photojournalist, she documented the daily terror and put it on the front pages of the daily newspapers. In total, she took more than 600,000 photographs, including images that are considered the most famous visual testimonies of the Mafia. Later, Battaglia continued her fight against the Mafia as a politician.
Life, Love and Death in Sicily is Battaglia’s first major retrospective exhibition since her death in 2022. It is produced by the Photographers’ Gallery in London (UK).