Luca Campigotto


Luca Campigotto is an Italian artist photographer and writer.
He was born in Venice, where he graduated in modern history. He is known for his images on night citiescapes and wild landscapes. Among his city series are Venice, New York, Chicago, Cairo, Morocco, Angkor, India, Iran, Patagonia, Easter Island, Yemen, and Lapland.

Books

L'ora blu, Fondazione Capri, 2019Matera, Opera Edizioni, San Benedetto del Tronto, 2019Disoriente, Postcart Edizioni, Rome, 2018Venezia, storie d'acqua, texts by Tiziano Scarpa, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2018Iconic China, texts by W. M. Hunt, Damiani, Bologna, 2017Le règles de la vision, texts by François Hébel and Walter Guadagnini, Italian Cultural Institute, Paris 2016ROMA. Un impero alle radici dell'Europa, texts by Louis Godart and Livio Zerbini, Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2015Theatres of War, texts by Lyle Rexer, Mario Isnenghi, Marco Meneguzzo, Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet, Silvana, Milan 2014Gotham City, text by Marvin Heiferman, Damiani, Bologna 201250+1, text by Domenico De Masi, Alinari 24 Ore, Milan 2012My Wild Places, text by Walter Guadagnini, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010The Stones of Cairo, text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Peliti Associati, Roma 2007Venicexposed, text by Henry James, Contrasto, Rome/Thames & Hudson, London/La Martinière, Paris 2006L’Arsenale di Venezia, text by Gino Benzoni, Marsilio, Venice 2000Molino Stucky, Marsilio, text by Massimo Cacciari, Venice 1998Venetia Obscura, text by Gino Benzoni, Peliti Associati, Roma/Dewi Lewis, Stockport/Marval, Paris 1995

Essays

  • Al-Qāhirah: Luca Campigotto in Egitto, by Flaminio Gualdoni, FMR nr.17 2007
  • Fotografare significa trattenere il respiro, by Achille Bonito Oliva, Obiettivo Napoli, Electa, Naples 2005
  • L'immagine fotografica in Italia, by Uliano Lucas e Tatiana Agliani, Storia d'Italia, Annali 20, Einaudi, Turin 2004
  • Indugiare sul mondo con compassione, Abitare, nr. 455, 2005
  • Fotologia nr. 20, edited Italo Zannier, Fratelli Alinari, Firenze 1999
  • Luca Campigotto, edited by Francesca Fabiani, Fotografia-Le collezioni, MAXXI Architettura, Electa, Rome 2010
  • The impossibility of forgetting, by Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet Fuori di casa, Imagina, Venice 1998
  • VenicExposed, by Harvey Goldstein, Rangefinder Magazine, January 2007

Exhibitions

Iconic China, Palazzo Zen, Venice 2017The Empire of the Night, Bugno Art Gallery, Venice 2016Theatres of War - Teatri di guerra, Doge's Palace, Venice - Museo del Vittoriano, Rome 2014Gotham and Beyond, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, 2013My Wild Places, Fortuny Palace, Venice 2010-11Landscapes as Memory, Bugno Art Gallery, Venice 2009
  • Collective shows: Mois de la Photo, Paris 2006; CCA, Montreal 1998; The Art Museum, Miami 1999; The Warehouse, Miami 2008; MAXXI, Rome 2010; 47' Venice Biennale 1997; 54' Venice Biennale 2011; Festival della Fotografia, Rome 2006, 2007; MEP, Paris 2007; Galleria Gottardo, Lugano 1998; IVAM, Valencia 2003.

Collections