Gianni Berengo Gardin 1930-2025 R.I.P

[robert blu]

Gianni Berengo Gardin, left us at the age of 94. He won the Leica Hall of Fame award in 2017. Great fan of Leica, B&W and film photogrphy. film photography,
He was not only a great photographer but an open direct man. He will be missed.



In the video you can set captions in english.

 

[Richard G]

Thank you Robert. I saw something on him the other day. I’ll explore more.

 

[Anthony Harvey]

Thanks Robert. A really good film that manages within a few minutes to give glimpses of what a great photographer Berengo Gardin was, and it does it with style. For me it was very informative in a visual way - which is just as well since I can't understand a word of Italian. (At the time I didn't notice your comment about captions in English!)

As you say Richard, well worth looking up more about him. I did a quick look that may be useful to others. The Peter Fetterman online gallery gives some 22 of his best images including the one that HCB is said to have ranked among the 80 most important photographs ever taken (Vaporetto, Venice, 1960).

Gardin himself reported his main influences to have been a group of very illustrious figures of that time: Cartier-Bresson, Ronis, Boubat and Doisneau, and others think Eugene Smith also had a part to play. Great company!

 

[robert blu]

yes, it was a great group of photographers. And the Vaporetto shot is a masterpiece.