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Luca Campigotto
PHOTOGRAPHER
Luca Campigotto was born in Venice in 1962 and lives in Milan and New York. After earning a degree in Modern History, with a thesis on travel literature in the age of the great geographic discoveries, he turned his focus to landscape photography, completing projects all over the world. A dedicated writer as well, his poetry has appeared in Nuovi Argomenti, and his writings are collected in the volume Disoriente.
Campigotto’s work has been the subject of exhibitions at numerous museums and institutions, including: Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Somerset House, London; Galleria Gottardo, Lugano; IVAM, Valencia; The Art Museum and The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami; Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA, Montreal; MOCA, Shanghai; Venice Art Biennale (1997, 2000, 2011), Doge’s Palace, Fortuny Palace, and Zen Palace, Venice; MAXXI, MACRO, Museo del Vittoriano, National Institute for the Graphic Design, and Festival of Photography, Rome; Royal Palace, Palace of Reason, and Science and Technology Museum, Milan; MART, Rovereto; European Photography, Reggio Emilia.