Svizzera, 1971-73
All works by Luigi Ghirri.

If you admire William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, or Martin Parr for their seminal contributions to the art of color photography, then you must also acquaint yourself with the work of Luigi Ghirri. Ghirri died in 1992, at the age of 49; his vision has since been well-celebrated and documented in Europe, but he’s virtually unknown to the rest of the world. That’s a shame, because his early poetic explorations of his native Reggio Emilia and the places he studied in and visited, like Modena, Bologna, Capri, Venice, and Paris, as well as his later, more structured projects on architecture and the Italian countryside are gloriously infused at once with wit, buoyancy, and a stealthy seriousness. But we can stop worrying, because we now finally have the first comprehensive Ghirri collection, published this summer by Aperture: It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It… is a gorgeous, well-curated, and long-overdue tribute to an influential shaper of the modern photographic sensibility.

Parigi, 1979

Modena, 1972

More Luigi Ghirri

Capri, 1981

Venezia

Versailles, 1985

Verso Lagosanto, Ferrara, 1989

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25 Responses to “La Vita è Bella”

Beelu maio @ 2008-10-03 08:21:39 AM says:

amo esas fotos (L)

Alfred london @ 2008-10-04 12:56:45 AM says:

Versailles 1985 increibleeeee!!
hermoso!

Mauro @ 2008-10-04 06:59:44 PM says:

Muy cierto todo. La vita é Bella ô

Juan Diego @ 2008-10-06 10:11:58 AM says:

GENIAL! =))

valeria capetillo @ 2008-10-07 12:30:57 AM says:

si vivieran en chile sabrian qe hay paisajea mucho mas lindos qe contruciones

geral @ 2008-10-07 08:06:02 PM says:

Capri is the best!

franko @ 2008-10-10 01:37:18 PM says:

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HOLA @ 2008-10-11 06:58:05 AM says:

hey esto es genial

iamcriis @ 2008-10-11 01:41:42 PM says:

Genial !

florencia @ 2008-10-11 03:43:08 PM says:

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florencia @ 2008-10-11 03:43:39 PM says:

pasate

florencia @ 2008-10-11 03:44:17 PM says:

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florencia @ 2008-10-11 03:44:44 PM says:

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Nacho @ 2008-10-11 06:41:04 PM says:

que buenas fotos (H)

jose @ 2008-10-12 12:29:20 AM says:

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samuel @ 2008-10-12 05:31:50 PM says:

estan chidas las fotos

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luis @ 2008-10-13 03:56:30 PM says:

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diego @ 2008-10-13 05:30:05 PM says:

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luis @ 2008-10-13 06:42:57 PM says:

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mile_222 @ 2008-10-13 10:30:40 PM says:

Me transportaron a muchas sensaciones y recuerdos..

francy @ 2008-10-14 08:26:07 AM says:

l vita é 1 merda che s prende gioco d t e sopp d m 1 vera merda nata per far fig d merda e essere trattata male come 1 vera merda perchè esisto?
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sol ferreira @ 2008-10-15 03:07:10 PM says:

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Matias @ 2008-10-15 08:40:13 PM says:

Maravillosa Todas las fotografias… algunas me imprecionaron .. Gracias por compartirlas.–

Matias @ 2008-10-15 08:41:06 PM says:

ARGENTINA-

Leen @ 2008-10-18 10:07:38 PM says:

Belle Vie
Wonderful places