Luigi Ghirri

Luigi Ghirri (5 January 1943 – 14 February 1992) was an Italian artist and photographer whose work was about the relationship between fiction and reality. Ghirri has been the subject of numerous books. His works are held by various museums around the world and have been exhibited in the 2011 Venice Biennale and at MAXXI in Rome.

Life and work Ghirri was born in Scandiano near Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 5 January 1943.

He started his career in the 1970s. Influenced by conceptual art, he created his first two series, Atlante (1973) and Kodachrome (1978), It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It…, Aperture Foundation, New York City, 2008/09. Kodachrome, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 2013. Luigi Ghirri ‘Thinking Images’ Icons, Landscapes, Architectures, MAXXI, Rome, 2013; Brazil; Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2014. A retrospective, curated by Francesca Fabiani, Laura Gasparini, and Giuliano Sergio. Luigi Ghirri (non) luoghi, Palazzo Bisaccioni, Jesi, 2022.

Group exhibitions Photography as Art, Art as Photography, Kassel, 1975. ILLUMInations, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2011. Group exhibition, curated by Bice Curiger. Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 1982.

Collections Ghirri's work is held in the following permanent collections: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam , Milan, Italy Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Museum of Modern Art, New York City