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Luigi Ghirri , William Eggleston

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Luigi Ghirri was an extraordinary photographer, as well as a writer whose career was so rich and varied that it seems like a lesson in the contemporary history of the medium. Although well-known in his native Italy, Ghirri does not yet have the international audience his work meritsperhaps because he died so young. Its Beautiful Here, Isnt Itthe first book published on Ghirri in the U.S.will establish him as the seminal artist he was. Uncannily prescient, Ghirri shared the sensibility of what became known in the U.S. as the New Color and the New Topographics movements before they had even been named. Like his counterparts in Italian cinema, Ghirri believed the local and the universal were inseparable, and that lifes polaritieslove and hate, present and past were equally compelling. Not surprisingly, his interests encompassed all the arts: he worked in Giorgio Morandis studio and with architect Aldo Rossi, while influencing a generation of photographers, including Olivo Barbieri and Martin Parr. This dynamic new book includes a selection of Ghirris essays published in English for the first time as well as a selected chronology.

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If you like Eggleston, give this a try 18 Aug 2009
By W. Rosen - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Ghirri was producing his color photographs around the same time as Eggleston but both were working independently of each other. It's interesting to see that Ghirri had a similar sensibility but all of his photographs are in Europe. They are wonderful to look at and if you like William Eggleston's work then this is highly recommended. A well printed book from Aperture.
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Outstanding. 3 Oct 2008
By HWJ3 - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this book as a birthday present for my sister. But I think I'm going to get another copy for my own collection.
This is contemporary photography, shots of an open door or an empty kitchen... But as the photographer says in the title, he manages to capture the beauty of place, mundane but beautiful. I am impressed. He is an ingenious photographer.
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Still one of the best in my library! 2 Jan 2012
By yn - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this book back in 2009 and it is still one my favorite monographs. It has a fantastic rhythm to it, and his photographs are so incredibly unique and original. If you like William Eggleston, Rinko Kawauchi, Philip Lorca Dicorcia, Adam Bartos, Alec Soth, etc... you should have this in your library.

It's a great gift for a young photographer/art lover/whoever. He is relatively unknown for how important he is...

The cover is great, but I would recommend googling some images! He has a wonderfully diverse body of work that has a great muted palette.

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