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![Elisabetta Catalano, Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Il giardino dei Finzi Contini by Vittorio De Sica, 1970, Cibachrome]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Valentino Garavani, 1970s, Fine Art print on baryta paper]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Fabio Mauri. “Fermata d’autobus,” Spazio Flaminio ATAC, Rome, 1995, Gelatin silver print on Baryta paper, Vintage print]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Jannis Kounellis, “Untitled,” Quadriennale, Rome, 1973, Fine Art print on Baryta paper, Vintage print]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Florida Bolkan, film poster for Metti una sera a cena by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1969, dress by Laura Aponte, Superonda sofa, Vintage print]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Ornella Vanoni, 1970s, Fine Art inkjet print on baryta paper, Vintage print]()
![Elisabetta Catalano, Sandra Milo on the set of Giulietta degli Spiriti by Federico Fellini, 1965, gelatin silver print on Baryta paper, Vintage print]()
Elisabetta Catalano
Roma, 1941-2015
Elisabetta Catalano (Rome, 1944–2015) lived and worked primarily in Rome. An internationally acclaimed portrait photographer, she is considered an exceptional witness to the lives of artists and figures from literature, art, entertainment, and culture from the 1970s to the present day.
Catalano’s true debut as a photographer came on the set of 8½ by Federico Fellini, where she began taking photographs in her spare time. Fellini later invited her to photograph on the sets of other films, and he sat for her studio portraits several times, producing images that became iconic.
In 1971 she worked in New York City for Vogue America and in Paris for Vogue France. She then devoted herself to portraiture, photographing some of the most important artists of the avant-garde, including Alighiero Boetti, Joseph Beuys, Gilbert & George, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente, Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gino De Dominicis.
With other artists, such as Fabio Mauri and Vettor Pisani, she collaborated in the preparation of performances and created images that have become iconic.
She exhibited in major museums including Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, GAM Torino, MAXXI, MACRO, MAMM, Musée Carnavalet, Erarta Museum, Fondazione Prada, Centro Pecci, the Triennale di Milano, and the Venice Biennale.
Her works are held in the permanent collections of GAM Torino, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, MACRO, and MAXXI.
Roma, 1941-2015
Elisabetta Catalano (Rome, 1944–2015) lived and worked primarily in Rome. An internationally acclaimed portrait photographer, she is considered an exceptional witness to the lives of artists and figures from literature, art, entertainment, and culture from the 1970s to the present day.
Catalano’s true debut as a photographer came on the set of 8½ by Federico Fellini, where she began taking photographs in her spare time. Fellini later invited her to photograph on the sets of other films, and he sat for her studio portraits several times, producing images that became iconic.
In 1971 she worked in New York City for Vogue America and in Paris for Vogue France. She then devoted herself to portraiture, photographing some of the most important artists of the avant-garde, including Alighiero Boetti, Joseph Beuys, Gilbert & George, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente, Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gino De Dominicis.
With other artists, such as Fabio Mauri and Vettor Pisani, she collaborated in the preparation of performances and created images that have become iconic.
She exhibited in major museums including Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, GAM Torino, MAXXI, MACRO, MAMM, Musée Carnavalet, Erarta Museum, Fondazione Prada, Centro Pecci, the Triennale di Milano, and the Venice Biennale.
Her works are held in the permanent collections of GAM Torino, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, MACRO, and MAXXI.
Exhibitions
![Elisabetta Catalano. Cinema, Moda and Performance 16th February - 19th April]()
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