Curator: Enrica Viganó.
Nº of works: 124 colour and b/w photographs.
Contact: Ana Berruguete.
Unexpected Photographers: Celebrities behind the lens. assembles a select group of famous international figures in the arts, music and literature, who all share a fascination with photography. Celebrities from various spheres of creation are grouped under the influence and seductive power of photography. They include such well-known names as René Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Yul Brynner, Luchino Visconti, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, Graham Nash, Bryan Adams, Richard Gere, Giuseppe Tornatore, Jeff Bridges, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Pedro Almodóvar and Bruce Chatwin, and through their eyes, the viewer is able to take an inside look at their private worlds.
The exhibition reflects the twin professional aspects of famous people who are used of being in front of the lens: men and women who have gained fame in various fields of art, show business and culture, celebrities who are well-known, loved, studied and «dissected» in all aspects of their public lives. At the same time, they develop a strong identity and their passion for photography as an alternative form of expression is the point they have in common. For all of them, the camera is the perfect tool to accompany their living experiences and document their relationship with themselves and their world.
