Non-Italian landscapes of Italy. About Luigi Ghirri’s look Cover Image

Niewłoskie pejzaże Włoch. O spojrzeniu Luigiego Ghirriego
Non-Italian landscapes of Italy. About Luigi Ghirri’s look

Author(s): ALEKSANDRA SOŁTYSIK
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Italian literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Luigi Ghirri; Italy; photography; landscape; non-places; image;

Summary/Abstract: Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri (1949–1992), had a unique approach to space and landscape, which was reflected in his works. In this article, the author tries to trace the implementation of this idea on the example of several photographs of the Italian province. The interpretative key to reading Ghirri’s photographs, as well as the image of provincial areas in northern Italy emerging from them, is the juxtaposition of the popular postcard image of Italy with the emptiness of the non-places discovered by the photographer.

  • Issue Year: 342/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 181-186
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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