Giovanni Gastel

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Giovanni Gastel

Giovanni Gastel (* 1955 in Milan ) is an Italian photographer .

Career

Giovanni Gastel began to approach photography in the early 1970s. In 1981 he worked for numerous fashion magazines, including Vogue , Elle and Vanity Fair and later also with world-famous brands such as Christian Dior , Trussardi , Krizia , Tod’s and Versace .

During these years of professional engagement, he began to develop his personal style, which was characterized by a poetic irony. His passion for art history led him to prefer a balanced composition for his photographs. His style is based on Pop Art and Irving Penn's photographic work .

From the early 1990s onwards, Gastel's professional success consolidated so much that his name was mentioned in specialist magazines together with that of photographers such as Oliviero Toscani , Giampaolo Barbieri , Ferdinando Scianna or next to that of Helmut Newton , Richard Avendon , Annie Leibovitz , Mario Testino and Jürgen Teller appeared. In 1997 the Milan Triennial dedicated his first personal exhibition to him. In 2002 Gastel received the La Kore Fashion Oskar.

Gastel is a grandson of the Italian director Luchino Visconti .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sylvie Blum, Giovanni Gastel. Power meets Poetry - Image Academy. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ Giovanni Gastel. Retrieved September 30, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ FULGAR LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH GIOVANNI GASTEL, Fulgar. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  4. ^ Giovanni Gastel. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Vera Giovale Merlo ha detto: Intervista a Giovanni Gastel. «L'eleganza? È un valore morale ». Retrieved September 30, 2019 (it-IT).
personal data
SURNAME Gastel, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan