Luca Campigotto

Luca Campigotto (February 23, 1962) is an Italian photographer.

He was born in Venice, where he graduated in modern history. He is known for his images on night citiescapes and wild landscapes. Among his series: Venice, New York, Chicago, Cairo, Morocco, Angkor, India, Iran, Patagonia, Easter Island, Yemen, Lapland.

Books

• ROMA. Un impero alle radici dell'Europa, texts by Louis Godart and Livio Zerbini, Silvana, Milan 2015
• Theatres of War, texts by Lyle Rexer, Mario Isnenghi, Marco Meneguzzo, Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet, Silvana, Milan 2014
• Gotham City, text by Marvin Heiferman, Damiani, Bologna 2012
• 50+1, text by Domenico De Masi, Alinari 24 Ore, Milan 2012
• My Wild Places, text by Walter Guadagnini, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010
• The Stones of Cairo, text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Peliti Associati, Roma 2007
• Venicexposed, text by Henry James, Contrasto, Rome/Thames&Hudson, London/La Martinière, Paris 2006
• L’Arsenale di Venezia, text by Gino Benzoni, Marsilio, Venice 2000
• Molino Stucky, Marsilio, text by Massimo Cacciari, Venice 1998
• Venetia Obscura, text by Gino Benzoni, Peliti Associati, Roma/Dewi Lewis, Stockport/Marval, Paris 1995

Essays

• Al-Qāhirah: Luca Campigotto in Egitto, by Flaminio Gualdoni, FMR nr.17 2007
• Fotografare significa trattenere il respiro, by Achille Bonito Oliva, Obiettivo Napoli, Electa Napoli 2005
• L'immagine fotografica in Italia, by Uliano Lucas e Tatiana Agliani, Storia d'Italia, Annali 20, Einaudi, Torino 2004
• Indugiare sul mondo con compassione, Abitare nr.455, 2005
• Fotologia nr. 20, edited Italo Zannier, Fratelli Alinari, Firenze 1999
• Luca Campigotto, edited by Francesca Fabiani, Fotografia-Le collezioni, MAXXI Architettura, Electa, Roma 2010
• The impossibility of forgetting, by Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet Fuori di casa, Imagina, Venezia 1998
• VenicExposed, by Harvey Goldstein, Rangefinder Magazine, January 2007 http://www2.rangefindermag.com/magazine/Jan07/showpage.taf?page=62

Exhibitions

• Theatres of War - Teatri di guerra, Doge's Palace, Venice - Museo del Vittoriano, Rome 2014
• Gotham and Beyond, Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC 2013
• My Wild Places, Fortuny Palace, Venice 2010-11
• Landscapes as Memory, Bugno Art Gallery, Venice 2009

• Collective shows: Mois de la Photo, Paris 2006; CCA, Montreal 1998; The Art Museum, Miami 1999; The Warehouse, Miami 2008; MAXXI, Rome 2010; 47' Venice Biennale 1997; 54' Venice Biennale 2011; Festival della Fotografia, Rome 2006, 2007; MEP, Paris 2007; Galleria Gottardo, Lugano 1998; IVAM, Valencia 2003 .

Collections

• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
• Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
• The Progressive Collection, Cleveland
• The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
• The Sagamore Collection, Miami
• UniCredit Group Collection, Milan
• Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
• Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena
• Metropolitana, Naples
• Palazzo Fortuny, Venice

References

• http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/arts/16iht-Scvenice.html
• http://www2.rangefindermag.com/magazine/Jan07/showpage.taf?page=62
• http://www.fondazionefotografia.it/it/people/campigotto/
• http://telos.tv/inspiration-art-luca.htm
• http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/reviews/2011/03_26_My_Wild_Places.cfm
• http://sharmegitto.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/luca-campigotto-le-pietre-de-il-cairo/
• http://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=33771&IDCategoria=59
• http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.php?cmd=detail&titzif=00002719&lang=en
• http://www.centenarioconfindustria.it/index.php/sguardo/ppi-fotografi/ppi-campigotto
• http://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli//2010/9/103929.html
• http://flaminiogualdoni.com/?p=6067
• http://flaminiogualdoni.com/?p=4045
• http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/?p=866