Jon Luvelli
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{short description|American photographer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jon Luvelli
| image = File:Luvelli at True False Film Festival 2016.jpg
| caption = Luvelli at True/False Film Festival, 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|02|20}}
| birth_place =Como, Italy
| occupation = Photographer
| status = Active
| years_active = 1989–present
| website = {{URL|jonluvelli.com}}
| module=
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Jon Luvelli (born February 20, 1979) is an Italian–American street photographer. He has made black and white images of people in Columbia, Missouri and in rural mid-western American townscapes.
Career
Luvelli was first drawn to photography as a child.{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Peg |title=One Block |url=https://insidecolumbia.net/2014/10/01/one-block-jon-luvelli/ |website=Inside Columbia Magazine |accessdate=October 1, 2015}} His photographs are subjective interpretations.{{cite web |last1=Pollock |first1=Willow |title=Every Day Streets, Streets Everywhere |url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jon-luvelli-every-day-streets-streets-everywhere |website=LensCulture}}
He has made black and white images depicting idiosyncrasies of people in Columbia, Missouri and in rural mid-western American townscapes. His work conveys social messages, addressing economic and civil issues, in the form of macabre candid photography. His subject matter is the underside of humanity.{{cite web |last1=Pepper |first1=Paul |title=Paul Pepper: Joan Stack, State Historical Society of Missouri, "Luvelli Exhibit" |url=https://www.kbia.org/post/paul-pepper-joan-stack-state-historical-society-missouri-luvelli-exhibit#stream/0 |website=KBIA |accessdate=October 13, 2017}}
In 2016, three of Luvelli's photographs were selected to be part of the permanent collection at the Boone County Historical Society's Walters-Boone County Historical Museum in Columbia, Missouri, its first street photographs.{{cite web |title=Jon Luvelli, First Street Photographer Inducted Into Historical Museum’s Permanent Collection |url=http://boonehistory.org/press-releases/ |website=Boone County Historical and Culture Center |accessdate=March 26, 2016}} The selection included photographs of the 2015–16 University of Missouri protests, also known as the "Concerned Student 1950" hunger strike.{{cite web |last1=Stark |first1=Erin |title=Street Photographer's Images Of Student Protests Join Museum Collection |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/street-photographer-s-images-of-student-protests-join-museum-collection/article_7ef77042-371c-11e6-9dca-738057f30e11.html |website=Missourian Newspaper |accessdate=June 22, 2016}} Also in 2016, Luvelli had a solo exhibition at the Museum's Montminy Gallery, of work made on the streets of rural Missouri between 2013 and 2016. Aarik Danielsen of the Columbia Daily Tribune called it "a masterful exhibit."{{cite web |last1=Danielsen |first1=Aarik |title=Seeing Is Believing: Taking A Deeper Look At Unseen Columbia |url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/658d7a52-44ba-517d-af49-e6a4b0a19669.html |website=Columbia Daily Tribune |accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
In 2017, a collection of Luvelli works were added to the State Historical Society of Missouri's permanent art collection.{{cite web |last1=Lohman |first1=Mary Ellen |title=Work of World Renowned Street Photographer Finds Home at State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Currently on Exhibition |url=https://shsmo.org/news/2017/11/20 |website=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=November 20, 2017}}
Solo exhibitions
- 2016: Unseen Columbia, Montminy Gallery, Walters-Boone County Historical Museum, Columbia, Missouri{{cite web |title=Opening July 8, Unseen Columbia, the Photographic Art of Jon Luvelli, Through August 21 |url=http://boonehistory.org/mng/montminy-art-gallery/ |website=Boone County History and Culture Center |accessdate=April 1, 2019}}
Collections
Luvelli's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Walters-Boone County Historical Museum, Columbia, Missouri: 3 prints{{cite web|title=Street photographer's images of student protests join museum collection|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/street-photographer-s-images-of-student-protests-join-museum-collection/article_7ef77042-371c-11e6-9dca-738057f30e11.html|website=Columbia Missourian}}
- State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Publications by Luvelli
- One Block: Photographs from Jon Luvelli. Everyday Street, 2015.{{cite web |last1=Sweigart |first1=Andrew |title=StreetHunters Bookshelf: Jon Luvelli's One Block |url=https://www.streethunters.net/blog/2016/04/13/streethunters-bookshelf-jon-luvelli-one-block/ |website=Street Hunters |accessdate=April 13, 2016}} {{ISBN|0692552715}}.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.jonluvelli.com}}
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Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:Italian emigrants to the United States