GIANCARLO GARDIN
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photographs of free-shifting and shifting schemes |
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| This shoot is the last of a Sardinian architecture story dated 1992 |
By the light of the moon, my first suggestion was in the tonality of the sky colours. During the picture composition, I watched the contrast between the colours of the sky and the colour of the water in the pool, contrast that moved my creativity. I lowered the lens mounted on my Free Eye in order to have a portion of the pool equal to the part of sky I was watching. |
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| This shoot is a detail of a story dedicated to the stylist Nicola Trussardi home’s visit, in Bergamo in 1995. |
I was watching myself in the mirror in front of me, and I moved on my right, desappearing in the picture. I pushed the lens - by Free Eye - on the left, lowered it till I included the whole wash-basin, keeping the perfect orthogonality of a front view |
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| Two interiors large format shoots focused from 50 cm. to the infinity: 1994 |
It’s not a joke shooting large format pictures: these original photos are 12 cm. size and Free Eye shifted the lens till the extreme end of the frame, without any distortions. For the two pictures focus remains definite from first plane to the infinity. I think that this Free Eye attribute is, for a photographer, absolutely extraordinary |
PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM
Giancarlo Gardin was born in 1954; in professional photography since 1975, as partner of a Photo Agency, the firts to be sponsored by Canon in Italy.
Creative photographer since 1978 with his Studio near Venice, here the flourishing Industry promotes his professional application in clothing, fashionable accessories and sportswear: some of his customer Benetton and Luxottica.
In 1980 publishes his first book with the writer Carlo Sgorlon, titled Il Sile. Vita tra rive ed acqua da Treviso a Venezia.
From 1981 he opens his Studio in Milan and subedits the survey "photography" for the monthly Magazine Natura Oggi.
In 1982 the Caltelvecchio Museum of Verona organized two itinerant exhibitions with his photos dedicated to the Architect Carlo Scarpa and to the Cloths of Cangrande della Scala.
From 1983 to 1984 he shoots two books: Milano Romana and Ville Venete di Treviso. He flies by helicopter for more than 100 hours to photographs the Italian coasts, cities, Alps and rivers for the Magazines: Oggi, Natura Oggi, Scienza e Vita, Famiglia Cristiana
Since 1985 he devotes himself exclusively to architecture, interiors and gardens. His Studio, which includes a few collaborators, produces stories in full autonomy and attends to their exclusive distribution on the international editorial market. All stories are followed personally, one by one, from the first contact with the architect - designer, in their realization and in the checking of the descriptive texts, in the continuous dialogue with the art-directors of the Magazines which publish them.
Every year over 100 pubblications are carried throughout the world.
In 1990 his architectural book Bausteine, published by Picus Verlag (Vienna), wins the prize for the most beautiful Austrian cover.
From 1991 Hasselblad introduces his name in its brochures as one of the most renowned European photographers and assigns a master in the photography of architecture.
In 1992 he publishes the book Oltre il Giardino, in a valuable numbered edition with104 great-size photographs and printed with the best quality for collectors only .
In 1993 he is invited to exhibit at the 42nd. Salone del Mobile in Milano and participate to the exhibition C'č spazio per l'ottimismo? organized by Amnesty International and Finarte.
In 1994 he reaches the goal of having published one hundred covers for books and magazines in Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, United States and Japan.
From 1995 Hasselblad recognizes this achievement by including him in the poster International Covers and in the Magazine Forum: he is amongst the photographers chosen to partecipate at the ‘96 and ’98 Shows at the Photokina in Köln (Germany).
In 1996 he helds the semminar Fiori e Giardini, organized by Lanfranco Colombo for the Turistic Association of Alto Adige and Val d'Isarco and in the next year, at the same training, he documents the relation existing between green and building spaces in Bolzano and S. Genesio.
In 1997 he also is teacher for a Photographer Professional Training, organized in Gubbio by the European Community. His prints are collect at the Fondation for contemporary photography at the Museo Carrara in Bergamo
In 1998 he publishes the book Italian Coutry for Michael Friedman Publishing Group in New York and two interior architecture books for Taschen Verlag in Köln, Germany: Tuscany Interiors and Alpine Interiors. A personal exhibition titled Oltre il giardino in Padova, exhibition attended by Lanfranco Colombo.
In 1999 he publishes the book Case di Sardegna - Homes in Sardinia, for the Archideos Books and CD House, founded by himself: a bestseller at 2nd. edition in six months!
