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Luigi Ghirri: It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It... | 
 enlarge | Author: Germano Celant
Creators: Paola Ghirri, Luigi Ghirri, William Eggleston
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
List Price: $55.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 246638
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1597110582
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9781597110587
ASIN: 1597110582
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Condition: Brand new. Never read.
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Product Description
Luigi Ghirri was an extraordinary photographer, as well as a writer and curator whose career was so rich and varied that it seems like a lesson in the contemporary history of the medium. Although well-known in his native Italy, Ghirri does not yet have the international audience his work merits--perhaps because he died so young. It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It--the first book published on Ghirri in the U.S.--will establish him as the seminal artist he was. Uncannily prescient, Ghirri shared the sensibility of what became known in the U.S. as the New Color and the New Topographics movements before they had even been named. Like his counterparts in Italian cinema, Ghirri believed that the local and the universal were inseparable, and that life's polarities--love and hate, present and past--were equally compelling. Not surprisingly, his interests encompassed all the arts: he worked in Giorgio Morandi's studio and with architect Aldo Rossi, while influencing a generation of photographers, including Olivo Barbieri and Martin Parr. This dynamic new book will include a selection of Ghirri's essays published in English for the first time, as well as a selected chronology.
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Filled with countless color photos, as well as essays covering Ghirri's reflections July 11, 2008
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"It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It..." is not just a book title; it's a statement that perfectly sums up this newest collection of photography from Luigi Ghirri. Filled with countless color photos, as well as essays covering Ghirri's reflections on the time he took the photos and the atmosphere surrounding the events, "It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It..." adds a personal touch to the gorgeous shots on film. "It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It..." is an ideal coffee table book and a top pick for community library photography collections.
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