Gianni Berengo Gardin: Caffe Florian - Hardcover

9788831716444: Gianni Berengo Gardin: Caffe Florian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8831716441 ISBN 13: 9788831716444

Publisher: Marsilio Editori, 2014

A photographic portrait of the oldest coffeehouse in Italy. Caffe Florian in St. Mark's Square has always been the high-society "drawing room" of Venice. And Gianni Berengo Gardin, an adoptive Venetian, has always had close ties with the city where he began his career. This book is the result of his photographing a week in the life of the historic cafe which boasts habitues from the past such as Casanova and Byron. Berengo Gardin has sat in his usual discreet fashion on the plush small red divans in Florian's and captured around forty timeless moments from everyday life. The black-and-white images provide a wonderful insight into the reality of Florian's, which is about to celebrate three hundred years of glorious social life. In fact, the cafe was opened under the Procuratie Nuove by Floriano Francesconi in 1720. Now a major photographer has prepared a magnificent birthday gift for a place that has seen centuries of history.

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About the Author:

Gianni Berengo Gardin began to shoot in 1954 and contributed to major magazines such as Il Mondo, Domus, Epoca, Le Figaro, L'Espresso, Time, and Stern. His pictures have been shown at hundreds of exhibitions in places like the MoMA in New York, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Rencontres Internationales in Arles, and the Mois de la Photo in Paris. In 2008, he received the Lucie Award for lifetime achievement for his work as a photographer.

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