A Painter Reconsiders the Photographs of Luigi Ghirri
A Painter Reconsiders the Photographs of Luigi Ghirri For Matt Connors, who recently curated an exhibition from the Italian artist’s archive, Ghirri’s photographs are built rather than composed—things rather than images. Luigi Ghirri, Paesaggio italiano Before Luigi Ghirri turned to photography, he worked as a land surveyor, an occupation that fostered a way of seeing. Typically taken from a frontal vantage point, his photographs describe the surfaces of what’s before the camera with what at first feels like directness, but upon closer inspection is more akin to a visual puzzle. (He ...