PRETINI [LITTLE PRIESTS], CIRCA 1963, PRINTED LATER

IN 1962, GIACOMELLI WAS COMMISSIONED BY A LOCAL CATHOLIC SEMINARY TO DOCUMENT THE LIFE OF ITS YOUNG PRIESTS FOR THE CHURCH ALBUM. HE BECAME FASCINATED BY THEIR RITUALS AND RETURNED AFTER THE COMMISSION TO MAKE A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MEN AND THEIR ACTIVITIES. ON A RARE SNOWY DAY IN 1963 HE MADE THIS SERIES OF THE YOUNG MEN FROLICKING IN THE SNOW.