Giacomo Brunelli

Giacomo Brunelli (born 21 May 1977)[1] is an Italian artist working with photography .[2][3] He lives in London.[3][4]

Brunelli has published the following books of film noir and street photography black and white photographs: The Animals (2008 and 2016), Eternal London (2014), Self Portraits (2016), New York (2020) and Hamburg (2021). His work has been exhibited at The Barbican Centre, The Photographers' Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall in the UK and at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR, USA. His work is held in the collections of The New Art Gallery Walsall, Portland Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan.

Early life and education

Brunelli was born on 21 May 1977 in Perugia, Italy.[2] He grew up in the countryside and spent his childhood playing with animals.[2] He graduated from university in Communications and took a six-month course in photojournalism in Rome where he had been living before moving to London.[3][2]

Art/photography

Brunelli's medium is gelatin silver prints and he is a printer.[3] He photographs with a Miranda Sensomat[3][5] camera—a 35 mm SLR made in 1962 once belonged to his father, an amateur photographer.[6] In a recent talk, he mentioned Italian Renaissance, Italian Medieval Art and street photography as his major influences.

In 2016, Brunelli's image of the snarling dog was used in the movie The 9th Life of Louis Drax, directed by Alexandre Aja, during Jamie Dornan's hypnosis.

The Animals (2004–2008)

Brunelli has photographed "animals in the countryside, backyards, fields and farms since 2004" in Italy.[7] He calls this series "animal-focused street photography".[3] His film noir aesthetic makes them "seem singled out or stopped in their tracks".[3] He gets as close as his camera will allow, which "forces the animals to either flight or fight," at which point he photographs them.[7] "It is all about capturing that moment of reaction, triggered through various approaches that vary from animal to animal. Whether it is ignoring them, running after them or using their natural curiosity for the shot."[7]

In 2008, The New Art Gallery Walsall will present his first museum show and in the same year Dewi Lewis Publishing publish the series.

Eternal London (2012–2014)

In 2012, he was commissioned by The Photographers' Gallery in London to make the Eternal London series, which he worked on every day for two years creating a body of work between film noir, street photography and sculpture . The book was selected by Martin Parr and included in the "Strange and Familiar" exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London in 2017.

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Self Portraits (2010–2013)

In the summer 2010, while searching for animals in Umbria, Brunelli noticed his shadow projected on a white road and decided to start the Self Portraits series, which it will be completed in 2013. Brunelli says that he took inspiration from Arte Povera. The project will be published in Paris by Editions Bessard in 2016.

Again using his film noir style, the silhouettes of people and animals are set against well known London landmarks.[6] After following a person he wishes to photograph, "working discreetly, Brunelli often uses a removable viewfinder, to be able to photograph his subjects from waist height and other unusual angles, such as directly from behind and with extreme close-up", obscuring their faces.[6] He uses "light, shadow and contrast to imbue his images with a dramatic atmosphere and a feeling of claustrophobia."[6] In 2014 The Photographers' Gallery will exhibit the work in a solo show.

Hamburg (2015)

In 2015, Deichtorhallen museum commissioned Brunelli to work on the city of Hamburg and the series will be exhibited at Robert Morat Galerie.

New York City (2017–2019)

Between 2017 and 2019 he has produced his latest body of work to date on New York City, exhibited at The Photographers'Gallery in London in October 2019 and published in 2020 by Skinnerboox.

Venice (2020-2021)

Brunelli is currently working in Venice (Italy) for a new project to be released later in the year.

Monographs by Brunelli
  • Hamburg. Editions Bessard. Paris, 2021. ISBN 979-10-91406-99-4.
  • New York. Skinnerboox. Jesi, 2020. ISBN 978-88-94895-31-5.
  • The Animals. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2008. ISBN 978-1904587712. With an introduction by Alison Nordstrom.
    • Second expanded edition. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2016. ISBN 978-1-911306-08-5. With a foreword by Nordstrom.
  • Eternal London. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2014. ISBN 978-1907893520.
  • Self Portraits. Editions Bessard. Paris, 2016. OCLC 989522536.

Publications
  • Strange and Familiar. London, Barbican Centre, 2017 Curated by Martin Parr.
  • Keeper of the Hearth. Amsterdam, Schilt Publishing, 2020
  • Unseen London. London, Hoxton Mini Press, 2019
  • MONO Vol.2. London, Gomma, 2016
  • Masters of Street Photography. London, Ammonite Press, 2019

Awards

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Brunelli's work is held in the following public collections:

References
  1. StreetLevelPhoto (9 June 2009), Giacomo Brunelli - The Animals – via YouTube
  2. Pulver, Andrew (2 June 2010). "Photographer Giacomo Brunelli's best shot". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  3. Davies, Lucy (3 March 2014). "Giacomo Brunelli interview: 'Walking is part of my photography'". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-05-10 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. O'Hagan, Sean (8 March 2011). "Right Here, Right Now: photography snatched off the streets". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. "Giacomo Brunelli: Animals". The New Art Gallery Walsall. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  6. "Eternal London (2012 - 2014) - Photographs by Giacomo Brunelli". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  7. Nordström, Alison. "The Animals - Photographs by Giacomo Brunelli". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  8. "Sony World Photography Awards - Winner Announced". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  9. Eccleston, Paul (14 April 2008). "Sony World Photography Awards finalists". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-05-10 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Giacomo Brunelli". Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  11. spillebout, olivier. "Transphotographiques 2011 > Giacomo Brunelli". Transphotographiques. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  12. "Giacomo Brunelli: Eternal London". Time Out London. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  13. "Giacomo Brunelli". Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  14. "Untitled". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  15. "Collections Archive". The New Art Gallery Walsall. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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