Gabriele Basilico is among the best known documentary photographers in Europe, cities and industrial landscapes are his fields of research. Originally an architect, he works as a photographer of architecture for publishing firms, industry, public and private institutions. In 1984 and 1985 he is commissioned by DATAR (the delegation for planning the country and helping regions) at the government’s request to document the transformation of today’s national landscape. Then he is invited to participate to many similar actions by various European countries the one after the other : Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Austria. On September 15th 1996 he is awarded the first for photography of contemporary architecture by the international jury of the sixth architecture exhibition of Venice Biennal. In Spring 2000 Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam showed his works related to his book “Cityscapes”. The same year he was awarded the first prize by I.N.U., National town-planning Institute, for his contribution to giving documents about contemporary cities through photography. Gabriele Basilico: Dunkerque, France, 1984
Gabriele Basilico: Dunkerque, France, 1984