19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Maria Mazzone at 23, 1945, after Vannucci

Died in 1945, the brother in war, she of tuberculosis. Their mother had their marble portraits sculpted for their Florence tomb where I photographed them. She glances up, notices you, smiles. Will you offer her a drink, a dance, or are you too shy?

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Date Taken: 05.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Florence, Italy
Copyright: © J. Carson Barnes