Gabriele Basilico - Porti di mare (WITH ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET) - 1990

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ITALIAN PHOTOBOOK CLASSIC by Gabriele Basilico (1944-2013) -
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET.

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Art &, Udine. 1990. First edition, first printing.

Hardback with full black cloth and with dustjacket. 285 x 293 mm. 120 pages. 76 black and white photographs and numerous archival photographs. Photos: Gabriele Basilico. Design by Maurizio Zanuso. Texts by Aldo Rossi and Roberta Valtorta. Text in Italian.

Condition:
Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing; on the inside of the front cover crease in the black covering paper (looks like production-related); otherwise, no defects. Dustjacket complete with no missing parts; trace of use, rest of a price-sticker at the bottom right corner of the rear side. Overall fine condition.

Fantastic Italian photobook by Gabriele Basilico - with the original dustjacket.

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'Gabriele Basilico was an Italian photographer. He defined himself as a measurer of space. Born in Milan, after studying architecture Basilico began his profession as a photographer devoting to landscape photography and more particularly to architectural photography. To give him international fame in 1982, it was a photographic report on the industrial areas of Milan (Ritratti di Fabbriche, Sugarco). In the mid 80s he was part of the group of photographers committed by the French Government to document the transformation of the Transalpine landscape. In 1991 with the celebrated Beirut 1991 he documented the war effects on the Lebanese capital. His last work was showed in December 2012, at the inauguration of new square Gae Aulenti in Milan: a series of photographs that portrayed the Porta Nuova Project from its inception. He worked mostly with a view camera and film in black and white. He received the Osella d'Oro at the 1996 Venice Biennale.'
(Wikipedia)