Massimo Vitali is an Italian photographer best known for his large-scale color images of beaches and mass leisure events. Shot from a distance, his panoramic views show people interacting with their environments and one another, lending a sense of voyeurism to the work. These scenes of pools, ski resorts, discotheques, piazzas, and other tourist and leisure sites around the world can be found in Vitali’s photobooks Landscapes with Figures (2004) and Natural Habitats (2010). “My photography comes from absolute matter-of-fact situations but also from a deep curiosity that I possess for people, for what they do and how they think,” the artist reflected. Born in 1944 in Como, Italy, Vitali traveled to London in the 1960s to study...