Gabriele Basilico

by Francesco Bonami

A fascinating introduction to the work of Gabriele Basilico (b. 1944), one of the most important European landscape photographers of our time. His work captures the city in its quiet, empty moments, almost as if some disaster had driven away the population – the buildings remain, lasting testaments to the society that created them. Basilico has extensively chronicled the lesser-known parts of his own native country as well as travelling widely throughout Northern Europe, bringing his Italian sensibility and melding it with the peculiarities of the Northern landscape.

Genres: Photography, Art

128 pages, Hardcover

First published May 11, 2001

About the author

Francesco Bonami is an Italian art curator and writer who is currently Honorary Director of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. He lives in Milan and Manhattan, New York.

Reviews

[Zioluc]

Panoramica dei lavori di Basilico con commenti dell'autore. Va bene come riferimento, ma il piccolo formato e l'assenza di altre strutture oltre alle brevi note non ne fanno un testo imperdibile.

[Lu Monteblanco]

Las notas del propio autor, explicando cada fotografía, lo hacen exquisito. Y ayuda a comprender su modo de pensar, de ver y de fotografiar. Me encantó.