{{Short description|Italian photographer (1948–2023)}} {{Distinguish|Giovanni I Chiaramonte|Giovanni II Chiaramonte}} {{Infobox person | name = Giovanni Chiaramonte | image = GiovanniChiaramonte resize.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1948}} | birth_place = Varese, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2023|10|18|75|df=y}} | death_place = Milan, Italy | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Photographer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Giovanni Chiaramonte''' (1948 – 18 October 2023) was an Italian photographer, art theorist, art curator and academic.
== Biography == Born in Varese from parents who had moved there from Gela, Sicily,<ref name="avv">{{cite news |last1=Beltrami |first1=Alessandro |title=Fotografia . Addio al fotografo Giovanni Chiaramonte: la luce come misericordia |url=https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/fotografia-morto-giovanni-chiaramonte-la-luce-come-misericordia |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Avvenire|date=18 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref name="fog">{{Cite news |last=Fiore |first=Luca |date=18 October 2023 |title=È morto Giovanni Chiaramonte, il grande fotografo che unì il linguaggio dell'immagine con la teologia |language=it |work=Il Foglio |url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2023/10/18/news/e-morto-giovanni-chiaramonte-il-grande-fotografo-che-uni-il-linguaggio-dell-immagine-con-la-teologia-5803959/ |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> Chiaramonte graduated in philosophy from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.<ref name="att">{{cite news |last1=Madesani |first1=Angela |title=Morto a 75 anni il fotografo Giovanni Chiaramonte |url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/fotografia/2023/10/morto-giovanni-chiaramonte-fotografo/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Artribune |date=18 October 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He started his professional activity as a photographer in the late 1960s.<ref name="sta">{{cite news |title=Fotografia: addio a Giovanni Chiaramonte, il maestro del paesaggio prediletto da Ghirri, aveva 75 anni |url=https://www.lastampa.it/cultura/2023/10/19/news/morto_giovanni_chiaramonte_grande_fotografo-13794020/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=La Stampa |date=19 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref> He held his first expositions in 1974.<ref name="sta" /> In 1977, he co-founded with Luigi Ghirri Punto e Virgola, the first Italian publishing house entirely devoted to photography.<ref name="fog" />
Having among his models Hans Urs von Balthasar and Romano Guardini,<ref name="fog" /> Chiaramonte's approach to photography aimed at conflating ethics, aesthetics and theology.<ref name="avv" /> He considered photography as an instrument of both meditation and knowledge,<ref name="fog" /> and as a meeting point between the exteriority of the world and the interiority of the person.<ref name="doppiozero">{{cite news |last1=Benigni |first1=Corrado |title=Giovanni Chiaramonte tra realismo e infinito |url=https://www.doppiozero.com/giovanni-chiaramonte-tra-realismo-e-infinito |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=DoppioZero |date=19 October 2023|language=it}}</ref> Often described as a "photographer of the thought", he gave a strong importance to light, which in his work had a philosophical and even metaphysical metaphorical significance.<ref name="avv" /><ref name="doppiozero" />
Chiaramonte was professor of History and Theory of Photography at the IULM University of Milan and at the University of Palermo.<ref name="sta" /> He was also a theorist of photography, an essayist and an art curator.<ref name="avv" /><ref name="sta" /> He died in Milan on 18 October 2023, at the age of 75.<ref name="att" />
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.giovannichiaramonte.com/}} * [https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Giovanni-Chiaramonte/5919C2BB91D913AD Giovanni Chiaramonte] at MutualArt.com
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