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Augusto De Luca

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Augusto De Luca
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Augusto De Luca in 2015
Born (1955-07-01) July 1, 1955 (age 70)
Naples
🏳️ NationalityItalian
💼 Occupation
Known forphotography
🏅 AwardsCittà di Roma prize, 1996

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Augusto De Luca (Naples, 1 July 1955)[1][2] is an Italian photographer specialized in portraits. [3] His first solo show was at Centro Teatro Spazio Libero, a theater founded in 1972 by puppeteer Renato Barbieri at Parco Margherita in Naples.[4] After a conventional high school education, he enrolled in university and obtained a law degree. In the mid-1970s, his interest in photography led him to become a professional photographer. He then began to work in traditional photography an portraiture but also for experimental photography experimenting with a wide variety of materials. His style is characterized by a particular attention to highlighting the smallest expressive details of the framed object. His work includes images of pure realism, as well as others in which forms and signs combine according to indications inspired by the philosophy of metaphysics. He has also produced record covers, billboards and photography books. He directed the scenes for the television program Samarcanda directed by journalist Michele Santoro. He taught the art of photography at the Montecitorio Club of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. His books have been featured in essays, specialized magazines, and theme programs on Italian television Rai 2,and Rai 3 are introduced in their preface or explanatory texts by cultural figures such as poet Mario Luzi, director Lina Wertmuller, historian Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli, journalists Maurizio Costanzo and Sandro Curzi, architect Paolo Portoghesi. In 1995, an exhibition of his photographs at the Italian Chamber of Deputies was inaugurated by President Giorgio Napolitano and the "Onorevoli" In 1996, he was awarded the "città di Roma" prize for the photographs in the book Roma Nostra.[5]In 1997 the photos from this book were exhibited at the “il Diaframma” gallery in Milan. [6]

Exhibitions

  • Museo di villa Pignatelli (Napoli)
  • Palazzo Taverna (Rome)
  • Galleria Ken Damy (Brescia)
  • Italian parliament (Rome)
  • Studio Trisorio (Napoli)
  • Galleria Civica (Modena)
  • Galleria Lotti (Bologna)
  • Galleria San Fedele (Milan)
  • Archiginnasio (Bologna)
  • Palazzo Dugnani (Milan)
  • Villa Strozzi (Florence)
  • Palazzo Braschi, Museo di Roma (Rome)
  • Galleria Nuova Fotografia (Treviso)
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Lille, France)
  • Palazzo Lanfranchi (Pisa)
  • Art Expo 1985 (Bari)
  • Palazzo Sforzesco]] (Milan)
  • Galleria Dry Photo (Prato)
  • Italian Culture Institute (New York City)
  • China National Gallery of Aesthetic Arts (Beijing)
  • Museo Italo Americano di San Francisco (William Edward Augustin Aikin)
  • Galleria Diaframma (Milan)
  • Galleria Hasselblad (Gothenburg, Sweden)
  • ANFA (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Galleria Fotografia Oltre (Chiasso, Switzerland)
  • FNAC (Lyon, França)
  • Galleria Vrais Reves [Lyon, France)
  • Italian Cultural Society (Sacramento, California)
  • Galleria Camara Oscura (Logroño, Spain)
  • Forum Ezposition (Bonlieu Annecy, France)
  • Museo Ancien (Grignan, France)
  • Ecole des Beaux Arts (Tourcoing, France)
  • ARTEDER 1982 (Bilbao, Spain)
  • Journees Internacionales de la Photographie (Montpellier, France)
  • Galerie Divergence (Ayeneux Soumagne, France)
  • Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie 1984 (Arles, France)
  • Dept.of Art of the University of Tennessee (Chattanooga), William Edward Augustin Aikin)
  • Maison des Arts (Laon, France)
  • Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia 1985 (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • Festival d'Animation Audiovisuelle 1986 (Saint Marcellin, Isere, France)
  • Musee d’Art Modern (Liège, Belgium)

Collections

  • Musée de la photographie à Charleroi, Belgique
  • International Polaroid Collection - Cambridge (Massachusetts)|Cambridge, États-Unis
  • Archivio Fotografico Comunale - Rome, Italy
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
  • Galerie nationale des arts esthétiques de la Chine, Pekin

Galerie

Books

  • (1986) Napoli Mia.(Centro Il Diaframma / Canon Edizioni Editphoto Srl)
  • (1987) Napoli Donna.(Centro Il Diaframma / Canon Edizioni Editphoto Srl)
  • (1995) Trentuno napoletani di fine secolo. Electa, Naples, ISBN 88-435-5206-6 Search this book on .
  • (1996) Roma Nostra. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-7448-705-9 Search this book on .
  • (1997) Napoli grande signora. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-7448-775-2 Search this book on .
  • (1998) Il Palazzo di giustizia di Roma. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-492-0231-1 Search this book on .
  • (1998) Firenze frammenti d'anima. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-7448-842-1 Search this book on .
  • (1999) Bologna in particolare. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-7448-980-0 Search this book on .
  • (2000) Milano senza tempo. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-492-0093-5 Search this book on .
  • (2001) Torino in controluce. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-492-0211-3 Search this book on .
  • (2002) Tra Milano e Bologna appunti di viaggio. Gangemi Editore, Rome, ISBN 978-88-7448-980-0 Search this book on .
  • (1992) Swatch Collectors Book 1. Editore M. Item — Switzerland, ISBN 88-86079-01-X Search this book on .
  • (1992) Swatch Collectors Book 2. Editore M. Item — Switzerland, ISBN 88-86079-00-1 Search this book on .

References

  1. "DeLuca, Augusto". AKL Online. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. Moraschini, Stefano (2025-03-26). "Augusto De Luca, biografia, storia e vita". Biografieonline (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  3. Squarcio, Flavia (2014-11-08). "Le facce di Napoli negli scatti di Augusto De Luca". la Repubblica (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  4. Calabrese, Claudio (2025-02-01). "Augusto De Luca, il maestro della fotografia conosciuto in tutto il mondo". BGS News - Buongiorno Südtirol (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  5. "Città di Roma" Prize 1996 with composer Ennio Morricone –Corriere della SeraImage gallery
  6. Scimè, Giuliana (1997-07-01). "Il talento di De Luca svela un'inedita Roma". Corriere della Sera (in italiano). Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2025-03-11.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)

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