In an established tradition, the photographic portrait tends to privilege the close-up of the face, reduced to an icon, a concentrated essence of expression and identity. Attention is focused on detail, on the psychology that emerges from a gaze or a subtle gesture.
Here, by contrast, in this gallery featuring figures from the worlds of culture, art, music, architecture, and design, the choice of a wider frame transforms each image into a narrative device: not only the person, but also the space, objects, and surrounding atmospheres all contribute to defining identity.
The subject is not isolated, but situates their presence within a network of material and symbolic relations. The full figure and the environment become inseparable elements of the same composition, telling the story of the relationship between the subject and their world.
Joseph Beyus – Kassel, Germania Ovest – 1972Alda Merini – Milano – 1997Luciano Pavarotti – Pesaro – 1997Umberto Eco – Montecerignone – 1977Barbara Cartland – Londra, Regno Unito – 1992Yoko Ono – Ginevra, Svizzera – 1995Gualtiero Marchesi – Milano – 1978Renzo Piano – Torino – 1994Andrea De Carlo – Milano – 1997Renato Guttuso – Venezia – 1978Tullio Pericoli – Milano – 1999Michele Serra – Roma – 1984Renato Dulbecco – Milano – 1984
Charles Schulz – Sonoma, USA – 1997Dario Fo – Milano – 1975Henry Roth – Albuquerque, USA – 1994Luca Formenton – Segrate – 1995Carla Fracci – Milano – 1997Richard Scarry – Davos, Svizzera – 1997Paul Bocuse – Lione, Francia – 1997Litfiba – Barcellona, Spagna – 1982Frederick Forsyth – Zagabria, Jugoslavia – 1989Inge Feltrinelli – Milano – 1991Bernardo Bertolucci – Cremona – 1981Paolo e Vittorio Taviani – Cannes, Francia – 1986
George Simenon – Losanna, Svizzera – 1984Aldo Busi – Montichiari – 1986Nanni Moretti – Roma – 1988Moni Ovadia – Milano – 1999Mario Merz – Kassel, Germania Ovest – 1977Rudol’f Nureev – Positano – 1991Carlo Petrini – Pollenzo – 1994Philip Johnson – New York, USA – 1995Lucio Dalla – Bologna – 1986Patrick McGrath – New York, USA – 1999Vittorio Gregotti – Lisbona, Portogallo – 1994Mario Luzi – Firenze – 1992Amalia Rodriguez – Lisbona, Portogallo – 1994Pier Vittorio Tondelli – Modena – 1980Gino Paoli – Genova – 1996Umberto Veronesi – Milano – 1991
