Letizia Battaglia (Italian pronunciation: [leˈtittsja batˈtaʎʎa]; born 5 March 1935) is a Sicilian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on theMafia. She was born in Palermo, Sicily. Married at 16, she took up photojournalism after her divorce in 1971, while raising three daughters. She picked up a camera when she found that she could better sell her articles if they were accompanied by photographs and slowly discovered a burning passion for photography. In 1974, after a period in Milan during which she met her long-time partner Franco Zecchin, she returned to Sicily to work work for the left-wing L’Ora newspaper in Palermo until it was forced to close in 1990. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letizia_Battaglia