Giacomo Brunelli

Giacomo Brunelli (born 1977) is a British/Italian artist working with photography, who lives in London.

Brunelli has published the following books of film noir and street photography black and white photographs: The Animals (2008 and 2016), Eternal London (2014), Self Portraits (2016), New York (2020), Hamburg (2021) and Venice (2022). His work has been exhibited at The Barbican Centre, The Photographers' Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall in the UK and at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR, USA. His work is held in the collections of The New Art Gallery Walsall, Portland Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan.

Early life and education Brunelli was born in Perugia, Italy. camera—a 35 mm SLR made in 1962 once belonged to his father, an amateur photographer. In a recent talk, he mentioned Italian Renaissance, Italian Medieval Art and street photography as his major influences.

In 2021, Brunelli's image of the dog was used as the cover of the script of the movie The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-Mcphee. In the same year, New York publisher Assouline releases the book of the movie, The Power of the Dog, with Brunelli's dog photograph in it.

In 2016, Brunelli's image of the snarling dog was used in the movie The 9th Life of Louis Drax, directed by Alexandre Aja, during Jamie Dornan's hypnosis.

The Animals (2004–2008) Brunelli has photographed "animals in the countryside, backyards, fields and farms since 2004" in Italy. He calls this series "animal-focused street photography". for a photograph of a snarling dog

Solo exhibitions The Animals, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK, 2008; The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2010; Eternal London, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2014.

Collections Brunelli's work is held in the following public collections: Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Hokuto, Japan: 4 prints (as of May 2018) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: 1 print (as of May 2018) The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK: 3 prints (as of May 2018) Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR: 2 prints