Augusto De Luca (July 1, 1955 Naples) is an Italian artist and photographer.
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Graduated in law, then became a professional photographer in the mid 70’ies working along the boundary line between traditional[1] and experimental photography.[2] In his very special style, he has been going through multiple photography genres, making use of many materials, always trying with his snapshots to enhance primary elements, minimal expression units that make up images in which shapes and signs combine in a way that is reminiscent of metaphysical atmospheres. His photographs have been exhibited by many galleries in italy and abroad.
De Luca is the author of record covers, advertising campaign pictures and photography books. He taught photography at the “Montecitorio Club” of the Italian Parliament.
De Luca's exhibition held at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1995 was attended by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (10th President of Italy), Nilde Iotti (President of the Chamber of Deputies) and Giorgio Napolitano (11th President of Italy).[3]
In 1996 De Luca was awarded the "Città di Roma" Prize together with Ennio Morricone[4] for the book Roma Nostra.
Telecom Italia recruited him for designing a special edition telephone card featuring Naples, with a circulation of 7 million copies and four telephone cards featuring Paris, Dublin, Berlin and Bruxelles, with a circulation of 12 million copies.[5]
His photographs are kept in various public and private collections, by such institutions as the Paris National Library, the Rome Municipal Photography Archive, the International Polaroid Collection (USA), the Musee de la Photographie de Charleroi.
Among the most important exhibitions we mention: Museo di villa Pignatelli (Napoli) – Palazzo Taverna (Roma) – Galleria Ken Damy (Brescia) – Italian Chamber of Deputies (Roma) – Studio Trisorio (Napoli) – Galleria Civica (Modena) – Galleria Lotti (Bologna) – Galleria San Fedele (Milano) – Archiginnasio (Bologna) – Palazzo Dugnani (Milano) – Villa Strozzi (Firenze) – Palazzo Braschi, Museo di Roma (Roma) – Galleria Nuova Fotografia (Treviso) – Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Lille, Francia) – Palazzo Lanfranchi (Pisa) – Expo Arte 1985 (Bari) – Palazzo Sforzesco (Milano) – Galleria Dry Photo (Prato) – Italian Culture Institute (New York) – China National Gallery of Aesthetic Arts (Peking) – Museo Italo Americano di San Francisco (USA) - Galleria Diaframma (Milano)[6] – Galleria Hasselblad (Goteborg, Svezia) – ANFA (Barcellona, Spagna) – Galleria Fotografia Oltre (Chiasso, Svizzera) – FNAC (Lyon, Francia) – Galleria Vrais Reves (Lyon, Francia) – Italian Cultural Society (Sacramento, California) – Galleria Camara Oscura (Logrono, Spagna) – Forum Ezposition (Bonlieu Annecy, Francia) – Museo Ancien (Grignan, Francia) – Ecole des Beaux Arts (Tourcoing, Francia) – ARTEDER 1982 (Bilbao, Spagna) – Journees Internacionales de la Photographie (Montpellier, Francia) – Galerie Divergence (Ayeneux Soumagne, Francia) – Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie 1984 (Arles, Francia) - Dept.of Art of the University of Tennessee (Chattanooga, USA) – Maison des Arts (Laon, Francia) – Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia 1985 (Belgrado, Serbia) – Festival d'Animation Audiovisuelle 1986 (Saint Marcellin, Isere , Francia) – Musee d’Art Modern (Liegi, Belgio)