Gabriele Basilico

Gabriele Basilico (12 August 1944 – 13 February 2013) was an Italian photographer who defined himself as "a measurer of space".

Life and career Born in Milan, Basilico originally studied to become an architect before pursuing a career in photography. His initial works focused around reportage, but he later shifted his focus to architectural photography due to the influence of his previous studies in architecture, and influenced by the work of Hilla and Bernd Becher. He was interested in landscape photography and, especially, in the representation of the city. He achieved international fame in 1982 with his photographic report on the industrial areas of Milan, "Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche".

In the mid-1980s he was part of a group of photographers commissioned by the French Government (DATAR) to document the transformation of the Transalpine landscape.

The majority of Basilico's work was done using a traditional viewfinder camera and black-and-white film. He was awarded the Osella d'Oro at the 1996 Venice Biennale.

Publications Milano. Ambiente urbano (IGIS edizioni, 1978) Gabriele Basilico, Dancing in Emilia (Priuli & Verlucca, 1980) Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche (Sugarco edizioni, 1981) Italia & France, Vedute 1978-1985 (Jaca Book, 1986) Vedute (Arles: Incontri di Fotografia, 1987) Trasimeno – Percorsi e Visioni (Silvana Editoriale, 1987) IL PARCO DI MIGLIARINO SAN ROSSORE MASSACIUCCOLI (Regione Toscana, 1988) Esplorazioni di fabbriche (Mondadori Electa, 1989) Porti di mare (Art&, 1990) Bord de Mer (Art&, 1992) Beirut (Art&, 1994) L’esperienza dei Luoghi (Art&, 1997) Monza: paesaggi interiori (Silvana Editoriale, 1999) Bord de Mer (Baldini&Castoldi, 2003) Scattered City (Le Point du Jour, 2007) Architetture, città, visioni (Bruno Mondadori, 2007) Mosca verticale. (Federico Motta, 2008) Beirut 1991 (2003) – Gabriele Basilico (Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2008) Bord de Mer, Inediti 1984-1985 (VerbaVolant, 2011) Leggere le fotografie in dodici lezioni (Rizzoli, 2012) Bord de mer (Contrasto, 2012) Dancing in Emilia. Gabriele Basilico (Silvana Editoriale, 2013) Gabriele Basilico. Iran 1970 (Humboldt Books, 2015) Matosinhos. Non c’è architettura senza luce (Corsiero editore, 2017) Entropy and Urban Space (La Fabrica, 2018) Gabriele Basilico. Metropoli. (Skira, 2020) Territori intermedi (Skira, 2021) non recensiti (Humboldt Books, 2021)