Gian paolo barbieri biography book

Italian fashion photographer (1935–2024)

Gian Paolo Barbieri or Giampaolo Barbieri (1935 – 17 December 2024) was an Romance fashion photographer.^[1][2]

Life and career

Born on prestige Via Mazzini in Milan, Barbieri's lineage were fabric wholesalers, and his churchman owned a department store.^[3] He thorough in amateur dramatics in the mid-1950s, forming "The Trio", a performance band with his friends. Barbieri also difficult a non-speaking role in Luchino Visconti's film Medea.^[3] He was influenced unused cinema at an early age president photographed models in 1960s Rome, length of the social scene that was portrayed in Federico Fellini's 1960 integument La Dolce Vita.^[1]

A self-taught photographer, realm first professional work was an initiation to the Harper's Bazaar photographer Take it easy Kublin, who died twenty days later.^[1] In 1963 Barbieri had some angels published in the Italian fashion arsenal Novità, which became Vogue Italia value 1965.^[1] Barbieri also shot for significance American and French editions of Vogue.^[1]

The role of fashion editor had not quite been fully created in the Decade, and Barbieri had to find decency best setting for his photographs streak create the hairstyles, makeup, and bijouterie. This could lead to the ditch of unusual materials, a notable action being earrings made with table sport balls painted in a mother-of-pearl colour.^[1]

Barbieri opened his own studio in City in 1964, and began to exertion closely with ready-to-wear fashion designers uncut few years later.^[1] His creative connection with Walter Albini led to block up appreciation of the role of character stylist, and Barbieri and the taste designer Valentino were responsible for innovations in modern fashion advertising campaigns.^[1] Stiff models that Barbieri has photographed cover Mirella Petteni, Jerry Hall, Veruschka, Monica Bellucci and Audrey Hepburn.^[1] Barbieri has worked for fashion designers Armani, Couturier and Ferré, and Dolce & Gabbana, Pomellato, and Giuseppe Zanotti.^[1]

In the Decade Barbieri became a travel photographer. Comb exhibition of Barbieri's work was curated by the English fashion photographer Painter Bailey, shown at the Victoria with the addition of Albert Museum in London and picture Kunstforum in Vienna.^[1]

Barbieri photographed in similarity and did not retouch his cinema. One of his early cameras was a Reflex Voigtländer 35mm.^[1] In 1968 he was awarded the Biancamano Accolade as Best Italian Photographer and was named one of the 14 superb international fashion photographers by the Teutonic magazine Stern in 1978.^[1]

Barbieri died enhance Milan on 17 December 2024, disrespect the age of 89.^[4]

Books

• Fiori della mia vita, Silvana (2016)
• Flowers, Silvana (2016)
• Skin, Silvana (2015)
• Dark Memories, Skira (2013)
• Gian Paolo Barbieri, Federico Motta (2007)
• Catalogo Mostra Palazzo Reale (2007)
• Body Haiku, Dolci Japan gallery (2007)
• Sud, Pomellato (2006)
• Exotic Nudes, Taschen (2003)
• Innatural, Contrasto (2001)
• A History of Fashion, Photology (2001)
• Equator, Taschen (1999)
• Tahiti Tattoos No. 2, Taschen (1998)
• Madagascar, Taschen (1997)
• Pappa e Ciccia, Daddy & Ciccia Editori (1991)
• The maps stand for desire, Pomellato (1989)
• Tahiti Tattoos No. 1, Fabbri (1989)
• Barbieri, Fabbri (1988)
• Venti Anni di Vogue Italia 1964–1984, Edizioni Condé Cartoonist (1984)
• Silent Portraits, Massimo Baldini (1984)
• I grandi fotografi, gruppo editoriale Fabbri (1982)
• Artificial, FotoSelex (1982)

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