Il Clan Del Wu is Simonetti's photo essay compiled in a self-published, 96-page bookzine format, featuring black and white images shot in film. Only 1000 copies will be produced at US $15.00 each, and limited edition version, which includes a silver gelatin 8x10" print, is available for $100, sold at
The Standard Hotel, NYC at 848 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014, and online at www.shopthestandard.com
A book launch party and signing will be held today June 22 at Le Bain at The Standard Hotel, New York from 3pm to 8pm. See you there.
About Alessandro Zuek Simonetti
After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice in 2001, Alessandro Simonetti became a professor of Photography at The Institute of Arts in Padova, Italy. He start to shoot while he appoched the nice young cultures in the early 90’s in Italy. His work has been published in international magazines such as I-D, Lodown, Arkitip, Tema Celeste, GQ, Rollingstone.
For over a decade, his use of avant-garde methods of photography, while capturing the layers of cultural nuance beneath the surface, has placed him in the rare category of a boundary-pushing pioneer.
