A reprint of an article written in 1968, for Seppilli's
exhibition-catalogue/book "La famiglia italiana in 100 anni di fotografia"
(1968, Milano, Centro informazioni Ferrania - Cooperativa Il Libro
Fotografico). The article deals with three issues: a.
theoretical-methodological questions concerning photography and/in the
humanities; b. the policy on purchasing and commissioning photographsy by the
Istituto di etnologia e antropologia culturale dell Universiota di Perugia
(from 1958) and 3. an account of the criteria used in collecting and selecting
the pictures used in the exhibition/book. The article is completed by a recent
"Afterword" by the same author and discusses the reactions to his pioneering
book and the current state of Visual Anthropology in Italy. (Italian)