Biography

Claudio Rasano

Is a photographer who in lives Basel and received the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2016. And PHOTOVOGUE in PORTRAITS His work explores the relationship between spaces and humans, the subject within the space and the space as the subject itself.

Rasano is, no doubt, an accomplished photographer with a genuine and identifiable style that crosses documentary and fine art practices. I would describe Rasano as a collector, or, a hoarder of images with the determined vision of the experienced collector. Rasano collects and catalogues people from similar backgrounds, circumstances and experiences - environmental portraits and landscapes depicting a quiet anthropological commentary. FromSame place to Skin of Africa the gaze and distance speak volumes. His photography is mature, thoughtful and professional. The portraits themselves are taken in a consistent manner. In each portrait it is clear that the photographer is pre-visualizing the composition. and there is a strong relationship between the environmental portraits and landscape images. I sense the photographer is seeing both with the same eyes.

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2017 ART BASEL Rademakers Gallery Scope Basel
2017 PHOTOVOGUE/PORTRAITS at Leica Galerie, Milano
2016 Taylor Wessing portrait prize . First prize
2016 shortlisted Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
2015 Escassez|Desperdício Syngenta Photography Awards
2015 Syngenta Photography Awards CCSP Centro Cultural São Paulo.
2015 Aff Galerie FOG Magazins
2015 Portrait Salon Embassy Tea Gallery London
2015 Galerie BOHAI FOG: Excerpts
2015 Exposure Awards Lensculture
2015 Syngenta Photography Award Scarcity-Waste Somerset House, London
2014 Solo Exhibition oslo8 contemporary photography / 2014 Cheltenham Art Gallery
2014 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery London
2013 Going Places. Reise ins anderswo. iaab Basement, Basel
2012 Hasselblad Masters Finalist.
2011 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery London
2011 Fotolabor Pascale Brügger, KunstfreilagerDreispitz Basel
2011 Hasselblad Masters Finalist
2011 Photobook Days, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2010 Gallery 1839 Soho, London
2010 Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington 2009 Portfoliowalk Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2009 Obscura Gallery St Kilda, Melbourne
2008 Photoforum Pasquart, Biel
2008 frontstore, Basel
2008 PHotoEspaña, Madrid

Exhibitions
2015 2015 Exposure Awards
2015 Syngenta Photography Award
2015 exhibition selection Somerset House, London
2014 Solo Exhibition oslo8 contemporary photography 2014 Cheltenham Art Gallery
2014 Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery London
2013 Going Places. Reise ins anderswo. iaab Basement, Basel
2012 Hasselblad Masters Finalist.
2011The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery London
2011 Fotolabor Pascale Brügger, KunstfreilagerDreispitz Basel
2011 Hasselblad Masters Finalist 10 Best Portrait photographers Ausstellung
2011 Photobook Days, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2010 Gallery 1839 Soho, London
2010 Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington 2009 Portfoliowalk Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2009 Obscura Gallery St Kilda, Melbourne
2008 Photoforum Pasquart, Biel
2008 frontstore, Basel
2008 PHotoEspaña, Madrid
2008 LPA: London Photographic Association, London 2007 11. vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel,
2007 ECAL Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne und Stiftung Binz 39, Zürich
2007 Passages by iaab choices, M54 Basel
2007 Ernte 06, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
2006 Regionale7, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
2006 Regionale7, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse

Awards
2015 Photography Masters Cup Nominee in Portrait
2015 Leica Oskar Barnack Preis
2015 Exposure Awards Lensculture
2015 Syngenta Photography Award Scarcity-Waste exhibition selection
2013 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery London
2013 Photography Masters Cup / Nominee Architecture 2013 Photography Masters Cup / Nominee Portrait
2011 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery London
2011 Hasselblad Masters Finalist, 10 Best Portrait Photographers
2010 Photography Masters Cup: nominated for Do we need passport
2009-2010 Exhibit A photography, Skin Of Africa
2009-2010 Exhibit A photography, Trust
2010 International Photography Awards IPA, honorable mention
2010 European Publishers Award for Photography
2010 Head On Abanotubani, Bath
2010 Photographer's Forum Magazine, Best of Photography
2009 American Photo Images of the Year, Portraiture, Category Runner-Up
2009 Photographer's Forum Magazine, Best of Photography
2009 Photography Masters Cup, the Color Award
2008 American Photo Images of the Year
2008 International Aperture Awards
2008 Photo España 2008: Descubrimientos PHE08, Finalist 2008 LPA: London Photographic Association, Bronze Series
2008 PX3 Honorable Mention for Skin of Africa
2008 International Photography awards IPA, honorable mention