Pizzi and Dagospia’s assault on Italian journalism will one day be studied as a record of a demi-monde left reeling at the dawn of the 21st century

From reports on the Middle East to the stars of La Dolce Vita, right through to Roman parties with Dago. “I’ve photographed the First, Second and Third Republics, and I believe I’ve always done so with honesty. But these days, I don’t see that many charismatic figures,” he told Il Foglio a few years ago.