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Puglia. Between Sunrises and Sunsets offers a brilliant account of Luigi Ghirri’s relationship with Puglia—a unique region located in the heel of Italy, which played a pivotal role in Ghirri’s career and continued to inspire him throughout his life. A first visit in 1982 allowed Ghirri to discover Puglia’s whitewashed streets, luminous nights, doors and arches, potted cacti, fairgrounds, and beaches, as well as a group of artists, critics, and curators who would become his close friends and collaborators. Over the next decade, Ghirri returned to the region almost every year, photographing, exhibiting, and deepening his understanding of this subtle terrain. These photographs, almost all of which are little-known and previously unpublished, capture the textures and rhythms of urban life, reveling in visual coincidences and tactile details. Their sense of quiet discovery—and the color film on which they are shot—warmly evokes the region’s identity as a popular vacation destination. Ghirri maps the territory of Puglia through the traces left by its inhabitants and visitors in images flooded with the characteristic light of Southern Italy—the bright sun and its eloquent shadows, and the strange aura of neon lights and streetlamps at nightfall
MACK Books, 2022
288 pages
22.5 × 25.5 cm
ISBN 9781913620356
Puglia. Between Sunrises and Sunsets offers a brilliant account of Luigi Ghirri’s relationship with Puglia—a unique region located in the heel of Italy, which played a pivotal role in Ghirri’s career and continued to inspire him throughout his life. A first visit in 1982 allowed Ghirri to discover Puglia’s whitewashed streets, luminous nights, doors and arches, potted cacti, fairgrounds, and beaches, as well as a group of artists, critics, and curators who would become his close friends and collaborators. Over the next decade, Ghirri returned to the region almost every year, photographing, exhibiting, and deepening his understanding of this subtle terrain. These photographs, almost all of which are little-known and previously unpublished, capture the textures and rhythms of urban life, reveling in visual coincidences and tactile details. Their sense of quiet discovery—and the color film on which they are shot—warmly evokes the region’s identity as a popular vacation destination. Ghirri maps the territory of Puglia through the traces left by its inhabitants and visitors in images flooded with the characteristic light of Southern Italy—the bright sun and its eloquent shadows, and the strange aura of neon lights and streetlamps at nightfall
MACK Books, 2022
288 pages
22.5 × 25.5 cm
ISBN 9781913620356
