The Joy of Life (Maradona)

1st Edition 10/2023
Texts by José Luis Ledesma
Book design by Mauro D’Agati
152 pages
17,5 x 23 cm
72 color photographs
Hard cover
Offset print

I was lucky enough to meet Diego at the beginning of his career, in the youth leagues of Argentinos Junior, in my early days of photography, a vocation that would later lead me to follow him around the world. And in my many subsequent encounters with him, I was able to comprehend his true inner light.

I remember several anecdotes, right at the beginning of his career, when he, young athlete that he was, didn’t like photographers bothering him. From mid field, he regularly “aimed” his anger toward the photographer booth and, kicking the ball with pinpoint accuracy, would manage to hit one of us with it, as he burst into thunderous laughter.
— José Luis Ledesma