Luigi Ghirri was an Italian

Italy

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 photographer. Born in Scandiano

Scandiano

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, Ghirri began taking photographs in 1970, mostly working in a milieu of conceptual art

Conceptual art

Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...

ists. From 1983 he focussed primarily on photographing architecture and the Italian landscape. Ghirri also was notable for organising such exhibitions as Iconicittà (1980), Viaggio in Italia (1984), and Esplorazioni sull via Emilia (1986). He worked for the Architectural Section of the third Venice Biennale of Architecture

Venice Biennale of architecture

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 (1985), which was directed by Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi

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, and the Milan Triennale (1988). Ghirri's books include Paesaggio italiano/Italian Landscape (1989) and Il profilo delle nuvole (1989).