Luigi Ghirri

Work by Luigi Ghirri from the book It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It...

[all Luigi Ghirri, from top to bottom: "Ceramiche Marazzi," 1983; "Marina di Ravenna," 1986; "Amsterdam," 1980]

archive • avellinesi

this is a wide-ranging, historical photo archive from avellino, italy. see more here.

[all from avellinesi .]

archive is a weekly column by asha schechter that appears each wednesday on i heart photograph

renato leotta

work by renato leotta. see more here.

[all renato leotta.]

rossella biscotti

an interesting project by rossella biscotti. "‘the undercover man’ is a short film about the FBI agent joseph pistone also known as donnie brasco. the story of his undercover operations in the new york mafia was already legendary through the movie donnie brasco, with johnny depp and al pacino. rossella biscotti tracked-down pistone and made a shivering yet strikingly beautiful portrait of a man, who presents a character built on fictitious identities and cinematographic representations, in the film-noir genre." see more here.

[all rossella biscotti. from the series the undercover man. top to bottom: recent reproduction of archival FBI-photograph with notations by pistone. filmstill. recent reproduction of archival FBI-photograph with notations by pistone.]

daniel augschöll

work by daniel augschöll. see more here.

[all daniel augschöll. from the series celestial planisphere.]

carlotta manaigo

work by carlotta manaigo. see more here.

[all carlotta manaigo. untitled.]

matteo peterlini

work by matteo peterlini. see more here.

[all matteo peterlini. top to bottom: doppiamano. 2002. iotualtro. 2003. 2 amici. 2002.]

michelangelo pistoletto

michelangelo pistoletto's project plexiglass, where, for instance, double ladder... is composed of two plexiglass sheets bearing the photographs of the two sections that make up the ladder. see more projects here. thanks to charlie for the link.

[all michelangelo pistoletto. from top to bottom: electric wire hanging on the wall. double ladder leaning against the wall. stack of records. all from plexiglass, 1964.]

andrea galvani

work by andrea galvani. more here.

[all andrea galvani. from the series morte di un-immagine. top to bottom: #3. #9. #7.]

elena givone

for her project portrait of a consumer society italian photographer elena givone went back to photograph the same apartment complex's trash bin every day for 15 days. as elena puts it "crowds of people take by assault supermarkets and shops. ikea’s politics work perfectly: you buy, use and throw. every day the garbage containers are full of new things; someone doesn’t need it any more...deprived of value because it ended in the garbage. a metaphor of daily life." see more of elena's work here.

[all elena givone. from the series portrait of a consumer society. 2005.]

aleksandra mir

In her site specific project "hello," aleksandra mir creates funny visual relationships between photos of barely connected people. i like the "we are the world" feeling this has. take a look at the san francisco version here, an australian version here, and some of her other work here.

[all aleksandra mir from the series HELLO (san francisco) 2000. top to bottom: hillary rodham clinton/santa claus. santa claus/sophie weil roth. sophie weil roth/her father michael.]

stefania galegati

some interesting pictures by italian artist stefania galegati. such a great use of negative space. see more of her stuff here.

[all stefania galegati. top to bottom: untitled (dwarf 2). 2001. untitled (dwarf 1). 2001. untitled (dwarf 4). 2002.]

monica ragazzini

i like these portraits by monica ragazzini. you can see more of her stuff here.

[both monica ragazzini. top: untitled. 2002. bottom: untitled. 2001.]

marina ballo charmet

italian artist marina ballo charmet was trained as a psychotherapist before she started taking pictures. that seems to explain a lot about these i think. you see more of marina's work here.

[all marina ballo charmet. primo campo. 2004.]