Mario Giacomelli
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![Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto [Priest being carried]
1961-63
gelatin silver print](http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/templates_exhibit-e_com/Giacomelli_IoNonHoManiCheMiAccarezzinoilVolto720.jpg)
![Io Non Ho Mani Che Mi Accarezzino iI Volto [10 priests]
1961-1963
gelatin silver print](http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/templates_exhibit-e_com/Giacomelli_LoNonHoManiCheMiAccarezzinoIIVolto720.jpg)
![Felicita raggiunta si cammina di Eugenio Montale [The Swing]
1986-1992
gelatin silver print](http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/templates_exhibit-e_com/Giacomelli_Swing720.jpg)
Mario Giacomelli
With the death of Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000) Europe lost one of its most talented photographers. Trained initially as a typographer, his early interest in graphic effect became a key part of his later photographic work. Winner of numerous medals and prizes, he acheived international status through numerous exhibitions throughout Europe, America and Japan.
His highly personal, artistically atmospheric visual style demonstrates a life-long preoccupation with landscapes that emphasize linear, abstact patterns, rural townscapes, streetscenes and portraits of everyday Italian life.
His work displays a profound understanding of the country and its people and a mastery of form and effect that make his photographs imaginatve works in their own right.