Augusto De Luca

Augusto De Luca (born July 1, 1955 in Naples, Campania) is an Italian artist and photographer.
Biography
De Luca graduated in law, then became a professional photographer in the mid-1970s, working along the boundary line between traditional and experimental photography. With his style, he has been going through multiple photography genres, making use of many materials, always trying with his snapshots to enhance primary elements, minimal expression units that make up images in which shapes and signs combine in a way that is reminiscent of metaphysical atmospheres. His photographs have been exhibited by many galleries, especially in Italy.
De Luca is the creator of record covers, advertising campaign pictures, and photography books. He taught photography at the “Montecitorio Club” of the Italian Parliament.
In 1996, De Luca was awarded the "Città di Roma" prize together with Ennio Morricone for the book .
Telecom Italia recruited him for designing a special edition telephone card featuring Naples, Paris, Dublin, Berlin and Bruxelles.
Books
* Napoli Mia. (Centro Il Diaframma / Canon Edizioni Editphoto Srl - 1986)
* '. (Centro Il Diaframma / Canon Edizioni Editphoto Srl - 1987)
* '. Electa, Naples 1995, ISBN 8843552066
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 1996, ISBN 978-88-7448-705-9
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 1997, ISBN 978-88-7448-775-2
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 1998, ISBN 978-88-492-0231-1
* . Gangemi Editore, Rome 1998, ISBN 978-88-7448-842-1
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 1999, ISBN 978-88-7448-980-0
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 2000, ISBN 978-88-492-0093-5
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 2001, ISBN 978-88-492-0211-3
* '. Gangemi Editore, Rome 2002, ISBN 978-88-7448-980-0
* Swatch Collectors Book 1. Editore M. Item - Switzerland 1992, ISBN 88-86079-01-X
* Swatch Collectors Book 2. Editore M. Item - Switzerland 1992, ISBN 88-86079-00-1
Gallery

Notable exhibitions
* 1979 : Rassegna della nuova creatività, galleria Lucio Amelio - Naples, Italy
* 1981 : Italian Culture Institute - New York, USA.
* 1982 : Arteder '82 - Bilbao, Spain.
* 1982 : Museo Italo Americano - San Francisco, USA.
* 1982 : Galleria Fotografia Oltre - Chiasso, Switzerland.
* 1982 : Galleria Civica - Modena, Italy
* 1983 : Italian Cultural Society - Sacramento, California - USA.
* 1983 : Journées internationales de la photographie - Montpellier, France.
* 1983 : Galeria Diaframma - Milan, Italy
* 1983 : Galleria Camara Oscura - Logroño, Spain.
* 1983 : Italian - American Museum - San Francisco, California - USA.
* 1984 : Institut italien de la Culture - Lille, France.
* 1984 : Associacion Nacional Fotografos - Barcelona, Spain.
* 1984 : Rencontres d'Arles - Arles, France.
* 1984 : Dept.of art of the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
* 1985 : Ecole des Beaux-Arts - Tourcoing, France.
* 1985 : Galleria Vrais rêves - Lyon, France.
* 1985 : Forum exposition "Un mois pour la photographie" - Centre culturel de Bonlieu, Annecy.
* 1986 : Galleria Hasselblad - Goteborg, Sweden.
* 1986 : Festival d'animation audiovisuelle - Saint-Marcellin (Isère) France.
* 1986 : Musée d'art moderne - Liegi, Belgium.
* 1987 : Museo Principe Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes - Napoles, Italy
* 1988 : Incontri Internazionali d'Arte (Palazzo Taverna) - Rome, Italy
* 1995 : Museo Ancien - Grignan, France.
* 1996 : Camera dei deputati - Rome.
* 1996 : Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi) - Rome
Public Collections
* Musee de la photographie - Charleroi, Belgium
* International Polaroid Collection - Cambridge (Massachusetts), U S A
* Musée de l'Élysée - Lausanne, Switzerland
* Archivio Fotografico Comunale - Rome, Italy
* Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
* Galerie nationale des arts esthétiques de la China, Beijing

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