Giuseppe Cavalli
Italian photographer (1904–1961)
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Giuseppe Cavalli (29 November 1904 – 25 October 1961) was an Italian photographer, little known outside his native country.[1] His work had a "simple, quiet aesthetic"[1] and he was "best known for his ‘high-key’ style, characterised by the use of bright, even lighting to minimise shadow."[1] Cavalli was a joint founder of the photography group La Bussola (The Compass) in 1947.[2] He also formed the photography group Misa in 1953.
Life and work
Cavalli was born in 1904, in Lucera in Italy’s southern Apulia region.[1] He practised as a lawyer until 1935.[1] After purchasing his first camera, in 1939 he settled in the seaside town of Senigallia on the Adriatic coast and devoted himself to photography.[1]
With Luigi Veronesi and others he founded the photography group La Bussola (It) (The Compass) in 1947, and singularly he founded the photography group Misa in 1953.[1][3][4] Mario Giacomelli, whom Cavalli influenced, was an early member of Misa.[1][4] Cavalli wrote essays about Bussola's aesthetic that were published in Italian photographic journals, and promoted photography exhibitions and competitions.[1]
Cavalli died in Senigallia in 1961 at the age of fifty-seven.[1]
Publications
- Giuseppe Cavalli. Fotografie 1936-1961. Rome: Gangemi. ISBN 978-8849209860. Italian. "Catalog of an exhibition held Apr. 8-May 31, 2006 at the Museo di Roma-Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy."[5]
- Giuseppe Cavalli: Nature Morte. Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2009. ISBN 9788860731937. Edited by Angela Madesani. Texts in Italian and English.[6]
- Giuseppe Cavalli: Photographs (with Martin Harrison), published by Faggionato Fine Arts, London.[7]