Luigi Toscano

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Luigi Toscano (born May 9, 1972 in Mainz ) is an Italian - German photographer and filmmaker .

Life

Luigi Toscano was born in 1972 as the eldest of seven children of Italian guest workers . After working as a roofer , doorman and window cleaner , he embarked on an artistic career. He taught himself the technical and craft skills of a photographer. In his early work he mainly concentrated on viewing and depicting motionless scenes and objects. Meanwhile, the human being is the focus of his pictures. Luigi Toscano has also worked as a filmmaker since 2006. As with photography, he developed the technology himself. With his company Luigi Toscano Production he provides services in the field of film, video and photography.

Exhibitions of his work took place in Mannheim, New York, Washington, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Esslingen, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Kiev and Dnipro.

His exhibition "Against Forgetting" with photos of survivors of the Nazi regime was shown at the Burgring in Vienna from May 6 to 31, 2019 and damaged three times by unknown perpetrators. After the third attack, several volunteer organizations organized vigils to protect the exhibition.

Toscano lives and works in Mannheim .

Photo projects

Toscano has published several illustrated books:

  • Colorblind ( 2003 )
  • 72 hours of Prague (2003)
  • 72 hours of NYC ( 2004 )
  • 72 hours Mannheim (2004)
  • "Details" - Sport ( Athens Olympic Games 2004)
  • 72 hours of Jim Clark ( 2005 )
  • SAP-Inside ( Cebit Hannover ) (2005)
  • 72 hours of Istanbul ( 2006 )
  • 72 hours Shanghai (2006)
  • Staging of the factory premises of the Glaab brewery (2006)
  • 72 hours of Tehran ( 2007 )
  • Reloaded (2007)
  • Eye project for the Hengstenberg company
  • Band photography diverse ( 2003 - 2006 ) Cinnamon Love Candy, Laith Al-Deen , Mini Mousse Bag, Sprachtot, suburban recreation, Tom Keller
  • "People are people" - people and moments related to Playing the angel tour by Depeche Mode (2005/2006)
  • "Details" - Individuals of electronic Lifestyle (2006) (With Sven Väth , Chris Liebing , Richie Hawtin , Mougwai , Tiefschwarz , Seebase, Nekes etc.)
  • Fashion designer meets photo artist Esteticar - video and photo project with the Orwell fashion house
  • Cover photography (new program 2007) with the comedian Bülent Ceylan
  • Cover photography Thomas Siffling TRIO " Cruising "
  • Bülent Ceylan "Backstage" ( 2008 )
  • The Doorman Complex ( 2009 )
  • Chewing gum machines and pistols ( 2010 )
  • Fatherland (2010)
  • Daywalker (2010)
  • Eastside (2010)
  • Founder of the Art Monkeys Gallery ( 2011 )
  • Pizzart Performance ( 2013 )
  • Heimat_Asyl ( 2014 )
  • Against Forgetting ( 2015 )

Video projects

  • Tom Keller : "Here comes the rain again"
  • Tobias Pender: "Chill"
  • Dirk Schneider aka Quesh: "New York Ghetto Bitch"
  • Cinnamon loves candy - "You rip my life away"
  • Video animation: "People are People"
  • Video animation "72 hours of Istanbul"
  • Video animation “72 hours Mannheim” for Laith al Deen Germany tour 2005
  • Video production for Laith al Deen Live in Hanau (2006)

Movies

  • "We are Mannheim" (image film City Marketing Mannheim )
  • "Transmission" (2009)
  • "Against forgetting" (documentary film)

Publications

  • Photo book “72 hours” (2007), Kunstanstifter Verlag
  • Cooking picture book "Cusine d'auteur" by Gregor Ruppenthal, Foodfotografie (2007), Kunstanstifter Verlag
  • Photo book "Backstage" with the Mannheim comedian Bülent Ceylan (2008)
  • Illustrated book “Against Forgetting”, Panorama edition

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irene Brickner, Maria von Usslar: Portraits of Nazi survivors at the Vienna Burgring tattered with knives. In: derstandard.de. August 2, 2001, accessed May 8, 2020 .
  2. ↑ mxw / AFP / AP: Unknown people destroy pictures of Nazi victims in Vienna. In: Spiegel Online . May 27, 2019, accessed May 8, 2020 .
  3. ^ Claudia Henzler: Mannheim: Can graffiti save a city image? Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Toscano, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-German photographer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz