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Gian Paolo Barbieri

1935 – 2024

Italian photographer

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Lived 1935 – 2024 (aged 88–89). Gian Paolo Barbieri was an Italian photographer and fashion photographer.

Gian Paolo Barbieri or Giampaolo Barbieri (1935 – 17 December 2024) was an Italian fashion photographer.

Life and career Born on the Via Mazzini in Milan, Barbieri's family were fabric wholesalers, and his father owned a department store. He performed in amateur dramatics in the mid-1950s, forming "The Trio", a performance troupe with his friends. Barbieri also had a non-speaking role in Luchino Visconti's film Medea.

Books Fiori della mia vita, Silvana (2016) Flowers, Silvana (2016) Skin, Silvana (2015) Dark Memories, Skira (2013) Gian Paolo Barbieri, Federico Motta (2007) Catalogo Mostra Palazzo Reale (2007) Body Haiku, Dolci Japan gallery (2007) Sud, Pomellato (2006) Exotic Nudes, Taschen (2003) Innatural, Contrasto (2001) A History of Fashion, Photology (2001) Equator, Taschen (1999) Tahiti Tattoos No. 2, Taschen (1998) Madagascar, Taschen (1997) Pappa e Ciccia, Pappa & Ciccia Editori (1991) The maps of desire, Pomellato (1989) Tahiti Tattoos No. 1, Fabbri (1989) Barbieri, Fabbri (1988) Venti Anni di Vogue Italia 1964–1984, Edizioni Condé Nast (1984) Silent Portraits, Massimo Baldini (1984) I grandi fotografi, gruppo editoriale Fabbri (1982) Artificial, FotoSelex (1982) Publications

Novità 1963: July, November 1964: February, July, September, October, November 1965: September Vogue Italia 1965: November (Isa Stoppi), December (Mirella Petteni) 1966: January, February, November, December 1967: November, December 1968: January, February, April, May, June, September, October 1969: January, February, March, July 1971: April 1972: May, October, December 1973: June, September, October, December 1974: March, June, September, November 1975: March, April, June, September, October, November, December 1976: September, October, December 1977: March, April, May, November, December 1978: April, May, June, November, December 1979: January, March, July, December 1980: February, March, May, June, October, December 1981: February, May, September, October, December 1982: June, September 1983: January 1985: March 2013: March

Linea Italiana 1966: Spring-Summer 1967: Autumn-Winter 1968: Spring-Summer

Vogue Paris 1974 m: June

Vogue Giappone 2017: January

Progresso Fotografico 1981: January

Photo Italia 1989: number 165 1990: number 180 2001: number 11

IO Donna 1997: March, April, July 1998: July, November 1999: December

GQ 2000: July, September, October, November 2001: February, March, August, September, October, November 2002: June, July 2003: January, March, May, November 2004: February, June 2005: April, May, August, November 2006: February, May 2014: July

GQ Russia 2011: March

Vanity Fair 2004: March, May 2005: May, October 2006: July, November 2008: August, September 2009: July

Glamour 2015: October

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Italian photographer

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Gian Paolo Barbieri was born in 1935 in Milan.

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Gian Paolo Barbieri died on 17 December 2024 in Milan.

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Gian Paolo Barbieri was a photographer and fashion photographer.

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