{"product_id":"the-wonder-of-innocence","title":"The Wonder of Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this  her fifth book of photographs  world-renowned actress\/photographer Gina Lollobrigida has created a brilliantly colorful  surrealistic journey into a fantasy world of children and animals. The result of many years of travel to all corners of the world  The Wonder of Innocence offers a dreamlike  childs-eye view of life. Full of spontaneity  whimsy  and her great imagination  Gina Lollobrigidas photographs are the result of a new and personal technique she developed  one involving the painstaking joining of a multitude of images. The photographs are coupled with quotations from poets  philosophers  politicians  and artists as diverse as Shakespeare  Abraham Lincoln  John Keats  Charles de Gaulle  Oscar Wilde  Confucius  Mark Twain  and Albert Einstein  as well as by proverbs and snippets of local folklore. A foreword by Mother Teresa of Calcutta  an introduction by Lollobrigida  and essays by Carlo Rubbia  Ernesto Caffo  and Fulco Pratesi further illuminate the themes explored in the photographs. This enchanting  original volume reflects Lollobrigidas love of children everywhere and her respect for animals  and offers the underlying hope that someday  children and adults and all creatures can live together in harmony  in a world free from destruction  war  and ecological disaster. Captured in her photographs is her belief that if we do not appreciate the nature that surrounds us  we lose the ability to dream. Gina Lollobrigida is not only an actress but also an accomplished painter  sculptor  and photographer. The Wonder of Innocence represents a departure from her previous books  which are more journalistic and dramatic. Lollobrigida is a photographer interested primarily in the human experience  searching for truth and the beauty around us. She tries to capture real emotions and does so with gentle humor  by  as she says  \"creating with my camera the most beautiful images of my childhood dreams.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986486259765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810935732","price":61.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810935730.jpg?v=1770906974","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wonder-of-innocence","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}