Elisabetta Catalano

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Elisabetta Catalano
Elisabetta Catalano.jpg
Born1944
Rome
Died4 January 2015
Known forportraits

Elisabetta Catalano (1944 – 4 January 2015)[1] was an Italian fine-art photographer who specialized in black and white and color portraits.

Life[]

Born in Rome, an autodidact, Catalano started her business by collaborating with various magazines including L'Espresso and Vogue.[2] In 1963 she appeared in Federico Fellini's 8½.[3] Her first solo exhibition, Uomini, was held in 1973 at the Il Cortile Gallery in Rome and at the Galleria Milano in Milan and it consisted of portraits of male artists.[2] In 1978 the Polaroid Corporation commissioned her the exhibition Faces and Facades, consisting in a series of portraits of famous directors on Polaroid sheets.[2][3] In 1980 she directed a short film about the French painter and photographer J.-H. Lartigue.[4] In the 1980s she held the exhibition People of the French culture at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris, and the photographs were later purchased by the in Paris for their permanent collection.[2][3] In 1992 the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome held a retrospective of her work.[2][3] Her last exhibition Le Collezioni, Non basta ricordare (Italian for: "The Collections, not just remember") was staged in 2014 at the MAXXI Museum in Rome.[2][3]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1963 8½ Matilde - la sorella di Luisa

References[]

  1. ^ Associazione Michelangelo Antonioni
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Morta Elisabetta Catalano, una vita tra arte e foto". La Stampa. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Jérôme Lachasse (6 January 2015). "Décès d'Elisabetta Catalano, photographe de la dolce vita". Le Figaro. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Addio a Elisabetta Catalano, fotografa dei divi italiani dalla Vitti a Calvino". La Repubblica. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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