FRANCO FONTANA
(geb. 1933 in Modena, Italien)
Franco Fontana gilt international als Wegbereiter der photographischen, farbigen Abstraktion.
Seit 1961 beschäftigt sich Franco Fontana mit der Farbfotografie.
Seine erste Einzelausstellung zeigte Fontana 1968 in Modena. 1979 unternahm er seine erste Reise in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo seine Arbeiten ‚urban Landscapes’ entstanden. Seitdem wurden mehr als 400 Ausstellungen von seinen Arbeiten gezeigt, über 40 Bücher veröffentlicht. Seine Photographien finden sich in über 60 Museums-Sammlungen weltweit.
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- 1989 Tokyo Photographer Society of Japan
- The 150 Years of Photography – Photographer Award
- etc.
ENGLISH Version
Franco Fontana was born 1933 in Modena, Italy, he is known as the inventor of the photographic line referred to as concept of line. He began working as an amateur photographer in 1961. His first personal exposition was in 1968 in Modena.
Since then he has participated in more than 400 expositions – collective and personal – and his work is bought in approximately 60 museum collections all over the world. He has been signed for numerous publicity campaigns, as FIAT, Versace, Kodak. He works with TIME-LIFE, VOGUE, and many more distinguished publications.
His work has been published in more than 40 books in various editions in Italian, Japanese, French, German, Swiss, English and Spanish.
His numerous awards include the
- 1989 Tokyo Photographer Society of Japan
- The 150 Years of Photography – Photographer Award
- etc.
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