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Puglia. Tra albe e tramonti offers a brilliant account of Luigi Ghirri's relationship with Puglia—a unique region located in the heel of Italy, which played an essential role in Ghirri's career and continued to inspire him throughout his life. A first visit in 1982 introduced Ghirri to Puglia's whitewashed streets, luminous nights, doorways and arches, potted cacti, carnivals, 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 These photographs, almost all of which are little known and unpublished, capture the textures and rhythms of urban life, reveling in visual coincidences and tactile details.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 street lamps after dark.
MACK Books, 2022
288 pages
8.9 × 10.1 inches
ISBN 9781913620356
Puglia. Tra albe e tramonti offers a brilliant account of Luigi Ghirri's relationship with Puglia—a unique region located in the heel of Italy, which played an essential role in Ghirri's career and continued to inspire him throughout his life. A first visit in 1982 introduced Ghirri to Puglia's whitewashed streets, luminous nights, doorways and arches, potted cacti, carnivals, 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 These photographs, almost all of which are little known and unpublished, capture the textures and rhythms of urban life, reveling in visual coincidences and tactile details.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 street lamps after dark.
MACK Books, 2022
288 pages
8.9 × 10.1 inches
ISBN 9781913620356
