Gabriele Basilico
{{Short description|Italian photographer (1944–2013)}}
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| caption= Basilico in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth-date|12 August 1944}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|13 February 2013|12 August 1944}}
| death_place = Milan, Italy
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| occupation = Photographer
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Gabriele Basilico (12 August 1944 – 13 February 2013) was an Italian photographer who defined himself as "a measurer of space".{{cite news|last=Mario Calabresi|title=Gabriele Basilico, la poesia del misuratore di spazi|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2013/02/14/cultura/la-poesia-del-misuratore-di-spazi-5OxQ77hczpMeTpATADtGuL/pagina.html|accessdate=16 February 2013|newspaper=La Stampa|date=14 February 2013}}
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,{{Cite web |title=Dancing in Emilia |url= https://www.archiviogabrielebasilico.it/it/scopri/lavori/dancing-in-emilia |website=www.archiviogabrielebasilico.it |language=it}} but he later shifted his focus to architectural photography due to the influence of his previous studies in architecture. 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".{{cite news|last=Redazione Milano|title=È morto il fotografo Gabriele Basilico|url=http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/cronaca/13_febbraio_13/morto-fotografo-gabriele-basilico-cordoglio-scomparsa-boeri-2113983871054.shtml#|accessdate=16 February 2013|newspaper=Il Corriere della Sera|date=13 February 2013}}
File:Gabriele Basilico grave Milan 2015.jpg in 2015]]
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.
In 1991 his photographs helped to document the effects of war on the Lebanese capital of Beirut with his celebrated work, "Beirut 1991".
He was invited at Biennale di Venezia in 1996 with the exposition Sezioni del paesaggio italiano/Italy. Cross Sections of a Country, in collaboration with Stefano Boeri. He received the prize “Osella d'oro” for contemporary architectural photography. In 1999 he published Interrupted City and Cityscapes, with beyond 300 pictures of cities, realised from the '80. Starting from this book he selected a photographic series exposed at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, CPF (Centro Portugues de Fotografia) in Porto, MART (Museo d'Arte Moderna di Trento e Rovereto) in Trento, and at MAMBA (Museo de Arte Moderno) in Buenos Aires. In 2000 he worked in the metropolitan area of Berlin, invited by DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst). He received the prize “I.N.U.” (Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica) due to his contribution to the documentation of the contemporary urban space.
His last public work was showcased in December 2012, at the inauguration of a new square, Piazza Gae Aulenti, in Milan. The work consisted of a series of photographs that portrayed the Porta Nuova Project from its inception through completion.{{cite news|last=Piero Negri|title=È morto Gabriele Basilico il fotografo delle città|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2013/02/13/societa/e-morto-gabriele-basilico-il-fotografo-delle-citta-J0a7Y6y3jDVdwmnTntKDEO/pagina.html|accessdate=16 February 2013|newspaper=La Stampa|date=13 February 2013}}
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.{{cite news|last=Hopkinson|first=Amanda|title=Gabriele Basilico obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/feb/25/gabriele-basilico|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 February 2013}}
Publications
- Milano. Ambiente urbano (IGIS edizioni, 1978)
- Gabriele Basilico, Dancing in Emilia (Priuli & Verlucca, 1980)
- Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche (Sugarco edizioni, 1981) {{ISBN|9788871796277}}
- Italia & France, Vedute 1978-1985 (Jaca Book, 1986) {{ISBN|8816640103}}
- Vedute (Arles: Incontri di Fotografia, 1987)
- Trasimeno – Percorsi e Visioni (Silvana Editoriale, 1987)
- IL PARCO DI MIGLIARINO SAN ROSSORE MASSACIUCCOLI (Regione Toscana, 1988) {{ISBN|8831751166}}
- Esplorazioni di fabbriche (Mondadori Electa, 1989) {{ISBN|88-435-2801-7}}
- Porti di mare (Art&, 1990) {{ISBN|9788885893207}}
- Bord de Mer (Art&, 1992)
- Beirut (Art&, 1994) {{ISBN|978-8860734297}}
- L’esperienza dei Luoghi (Art&, 1997)
- Monza: paesaggi interiori (Silvana Editoriale, 1999) {{ISBN|88-8215-162-X}}
- Bord de Mer (Baldini&Castoldi, 2003) {{ISBN|8495952475}}
- Scattered City (Le Point du Jour, 2007) {{ISBN|8842420484}}
- Architetture, città, visioni (Bruno Mondadori, 2007) {{ISBN|8842420484}}
- Mosca verticale. (Federico Motta, 2008) {{ISBN|887179589X}}
- Beirut 1991 (2003) – Gabriele Basilico (Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2008) {{ISBN|978-8884903815}}
- Bord de Mer, Inediti 1984-1985 (VerbaVolant, 2011)
- Leggere le fotografie in dodici lezioni (Rizzoli, 2012) {{ISBN|9788817056908}}
- Bord de mer (Contrasto, 2012) {{ISBN|9788869657153}}
- Dancing in Emilia. Gabriele Basilico (Silvana Editoriale, 2013) {{ISBN|9788836627622}}
- Gabriele Basilico. Iran 1970 (Humboldt Books, 2015) {{ISBN|9788890841873}}
- Matosinhos. Non c’è architettura senza luce (Corsiero editore, 2017) {{ISBN|978-88-98420-62-9}}
- Entropy and Urban Space (La Fabrica, 2018) {{ISBN|978-84-17048-06-8}}
- Gabriele Basilico. Metropoli. (Skira, 2020) {{ISBN|9788857243153}}
- Territori intermedi (Skira, 2021) {{ISBN|9788857246161}}
- non recensiti (Humboldt Books, 2021) {{ISBN|9788899385866}}
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Category:Photographers from Milan