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The Italian artist, geometer of formation, puts in scene the landscapes of his native province, Emilia Romagna, in the years 1970.
He was particularly interested in all the transformations that the man brings to the nature and realizes images with a silent and yet talking atmosphere.
With Luigi Ghirri, the scenes of everyday life take on color at a time when black-and-white photographs were imposing their nobility.
Far from the pop hues of William Eggleston, Luigi Ghirri plays the card of tender with soft and cold nuances.
Subtle poet, he has a very sociological vision of the Italy of his time that he dissects through scenarios in the context of billboards. For him, the real world is a «colossal photograph» in which we live in photomontages.
Another peculiarity of his visual signature, his frontal framing gives an im- pression of tactile proximity with his subjects.
Luigi Ghirri has traveled the familiar streets of Modena, illuminating the houses and gardens of his city from a very personal angle.
Its beaches have a very special light mixing present emotion and solitary nostalgia. As for amusement parks, they are real festivals of illusion similar to the «country of Pinocchio toys».