After earning a master’s degree in modern history with a thesis on the era of great geographical discoveries, has specialized in the photography of landscapes and architecture, linked to the theme of travel.
He has conducted research projects on Venice, Rome, Naples, London, New York, Chicago, the Route of the Casbahs in Morocco, Angkor in Cambodia, the desert of Atacama in Chile, India, Patagonia, Easter Island, Yemen, Iran, Lapland.
He has exhibited at: Mois de la Photo and MEP, Paris; Somerset House, London; Galleria Gottardo, Lugano; IVAM, Valencia; The Art Museum and The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami; CCA, Montreal; MOCA, Shangai; Venice Biennale (1997, 2000, 2011), Dogi Palace and Museo Fortuny, Venice; MAXXI, MACRO, Museo del Vittoriano, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Museo di Palazzo Braschi, Rome; Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica, Milan; MART, Rovereto.
Main publications:
"Iconic China", Damiani, Bologna 2017
"Roma. Un impero alle radici dell’Europa", FMR, Bologna 2015
"Teathres of War", Silvana, Milan, 2014
"Gotham City", Damiani, Bologna 2012
"My Wild Places", Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010
"The Stones of Cairo", Peliti Associati, Rome 2007
"Venicexposed", Contrasto, Rome / Thames&Hudson, London / La Martinière, Paris 2006
"Sguardi gardesani", Nicolodi, Trento 2004
"L’Arsenale di Venezia", Marsilio, Venice 2000
"Fuori di casa", Imagina, Venice 1998
"Molino Stucky", Marsilio, Venice 1998
"Venetia Obscura", Peliti Associati, Rome / Dewi Lewis, Stockport / Marval, Paris 1995
His works are held in private and public collections, including:
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
The Progressive Collection, Cleveland
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
The Sagamore Collection, Miami
The Andrew J. Hall Collection, Southport CT
The Raymond J. Learsy Art Collection, New York
MAXXI, National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome
Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome
UniCredit Group, Milan
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Metropolitana, Naples
Museo Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Varese
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena
Galleria Civica, Modena
Museo della Fotografia, Cinisello Balsamo
Museo Civico, Riva del Garda
CRAF, Spilimbergo
Luca Campigotto was born in Venice in 1962 and lives in Milan and New York.
