d._kevin_gibson Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Does anyone know anything about this Italian photograher. I have only seen one very small book about his work by Phaidon. His other books seem hard to get in the US. And there doesn't seem to be much online about him (in English). From the small reproductions, his work looks amazing. I haven't seen urban or suburban photography elsewhere that looks anything like this. Does anyone know - does he shoot with an 8x10 camera - it looks like it. And what about film. Does anyone have any ideas where I can find out more about him and his work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_fleming1 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Couldn't get you to scan in an image by any chance could we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d._kevin_gibson Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 apart from the fact that as a photographer, I'm sure you know that would violate copyright - something we all value, it's not my book and I don't have it anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_miller1 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 He is a well known documentary photographer born in Milano in 1944. Primarily seems to work in urban landscapes. There is quite a lot about him on Yahoo search. It would help if one has an ability to read Italian. Good luck. Regards, Donald Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_brewster Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Here is a link on some bio and photo information in English. Basilico was trained as an architect, which has certainly informed his subject matter and view. Most of the available info/bio material on Basilico is in Italian. http://annebarrault.free.fr/gabriele_basilico/bio_eng.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_westbrook Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 If you like Basilico (who I love, too), you might also like Bob Thall's work. He does excellent work in the same vein. Check out his <a href="http://www.americanplaces.org/CAPgallery/bobsplash.html"><i>The New American Village</i></a> exhibit/book.<p>Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d._kevin_gibson Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 I have Robert Thall's New American Village book and rather like it. Which I suppose is why I liked the Basilico photographs I saw. I recently ordered Thall's new book, which I thought was on Chicago, but turned out to be The Alleys of Chicago. I didn't really like it that much, so I sent it back (bonus points for Amazon on that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diego_rigatti Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Basilico came out in the eighties with his photographic campagne about the northshore of France (Bord de mer,1984-85), after a committment by the French agency DATAR. Between 1982 and 1988 he worked on Porti di mare (i.e. See's harbours); in 1991 in Beirut; in his homecity, Milan, until 1996 (The Interrupted City, 1996); on a further urban and sub-urban project about six parallel paths in six different Italian cities (Sezioni del paesaggio italiano, 1996); more recently, he worked for Piano and the Berlin authorities in Berlin (2000). A couple of months ago endend an anthologic exibition in Turin. He used and still use a Tecnikardan loaded with Agfa APX 100. Diego Rigatti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_g Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 i've heard that is using a silvestri now, but i'm not shure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_jiminez Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 There are a couple of threads about him in the archives. He has published at least three books in Italy with an editor called "Art&" which are beautifully printed. One about ports in Europe (Porti di Mare), one that puts face to face pictures of Milan with those of other European cities ("Nelle altre città) and another one I can't remember. Unfortunately there are not easy to find on the internet, and I suspect that the publisher doesn't exist anymore. Recently he has published several books in Phaidon that I don't like so much because the prints are not as good and the format is full page, landscape and 2x3 for all the photos, and I suspect some of them are badly cut to fit the size. There is one book on Berlin, one on Valencia-Berlin-another town I can't remember, and one on archeological sites in the south of France (in another format, but still not so good reproductions). These are recent books, so try amazon.co.uk or amazon.fr, I'm sure you would find them. Since he became more or less famous for his work on Milan (he got a price in the Document art festival some years ago) he has been hired by many European cities to photograph modern urban landscape. I also love his work, although some pictures I saw once here in Paris were not very well printed IMHO. Try to get hold of those first Italian books, they are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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