Giovanni Chiaramonte (1948 – 18 October 2023) was an Italian photographer, art theorist, art curator and academic.
Giovanni Chiaramonte | |
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| Born | 1948 Varese, Italy |
| Died | (aged 75) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Biography edit
Born in Varese from parents who had moved there from Gela, Sicily,[1][2] Chiaramonte graduated in philosophy from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.[3] He started his professional activity as a photographer in the late 1960s.[4] He held his first expositions in 1974.[4] In 1977, he co-founded with Luigi Ghirri Punto e Virgola, the first Italian publishing house entirely devoted to photography.[2]
Having among his models Hans Urs von Balthasar and Romano Guardini,[2] Chiaramonte's approach to photography aimed at conflating ethics, aesthetics and theology.[1] He considered photography as an instrument of both meditation and knowledge,[2] and as a meeting point between the exteriority of the world and the interiority of the person.[5] Often described as a "photographer of the thought", he gave a strong importance to light, which in his work had a philosophical and even metaphisical metaphorical significance.[1][5]
Chiaramonte was professor of History and Theory of Photography at the IULM University of Milan and at the University of Palermo.[4] He was also a theorist of photography, an essayist and an art curator.[1][4] He died in Milan on 18 October 2023, at the age of 75.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Beltrami, Alessandro (18 October 2023). "Fotografia . Addio al fotografo Giovanni Chiaramonte: la luce come misericordia". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d Fiore, Luca (18 October 2023). "È morto Giovanni Chiaramonte, il grande fotografo che unì il linguaggio dell'immagine con la teologia". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b Madesani, Angela (18 October 2023). "Morto a 75 anni il fotografo Giovanni Chiaramonte". Artribune (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Fotografia: addio a Giovanni Chiaramonte, il maestro del paesaggio prediletto da Ghirri, aveva 75 anni". La Stampa (in Italian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b Benigni, Corrado (19 October 2023). "Giovanni Chiaramonte tra realismo e infinito". DoppioZero (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.