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Chiara Samugheo

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Chiara Samugheo
Born
Chiara Samugheo

(1935-03-25)25 March 1935
Died13 January 2022(2022-01-13) (aged 86)

Chiara Samugheo (25 March 1935 – 13 January 2022) was an Italian neorealist photographer and photojournalist.[1]

Life and work

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Samugheo was born in Bari, Italy. She was known as the first female professional photographer in Italy. She photographed film stars and celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s there.[2][3][4]

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston[5] and is archived at the Centre des études et Archives de la Communication (CSAC) of University of Parma.[6]

She died in Bari on 13 January 2022, at the age of 86.[7]

Publications

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  • Costumi di Sardegna (1982)[8]
  • Sardegna nel Sinis
  • Stelle di carta (1984)[9]
  • O dolce mio (1985)
  • Lucca e la Lucchesia
  • Vanità sarda
  • Vicenza e Palladio
  • Sardegna, quasi un continente
  • I Nebrodi
  • Bacco in Sardegna
  • Natura magica della Sardegna
  • Le corti del verde
  • Al cinema con le stelle
  • Il reale e l'effimero
  • Cento dive
  • Cento anni di cinema
  • Carnaval de Rio

Collections

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Samugheo's work is held in the following permanent collection:

References

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  1. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (2 December 2015). "Women's Views of Creativity, Culture and Identity". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Da Loren a De Sica il gusto perduto della "Dolce vita"". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Chiara Samugheo". Collezione Donata Pizzi.
  4. ^ "Off the set. Chiara Samugheo's phographs [sic] for cinema". The National Museum of Cinema. 7 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Chiara Samugheo: untitled". mfah.org.
  6. ^ "Nouvelle du 20 avril 2015 sur le site de l'université des études de Parme, Département des Lettres, Arts, Histoire et Société". dusic.unipr.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Bari, addio a Chiara Samugheo: la fotografa delle dive è morta a 86 anni. Da Liz Taylor a Monica Vitti, lascia un archivio da 165mila scatti". La Repubblica. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. ^ "92532313". viaf.org.
  9. ^ "Stelle di carta : fotografie di Chiara Samugheo (Library resource)". European Institute for Gender Equality.