Casio - Paperback

by Judah Chivian (Photographer), Susanna Deiss (Author)

A brief, poignant memoir of artist Casy Deiss, known as Casio, one of the renowned Positano artists of the 1960s. The memoir, written by the artist's sister, focuses primarily on Casio's work and his life in Italy, ended abruptly in 1969 by a "colpo di fulmine". Already a legend in his own time, his story has been immortalized by Shawn Phillips' "The Ballad of Casey Deiss".

Author Biography

Susanna Deiss, writer and editor, has worked extensively in Public Television, and still travels back and forth between Italy and Cape Cod.