The Canals of Venice

Gianni Berengo Gardin Venice Vintage gelatin silver print 8 × 12 1/5 in, 20.3 × 31 cm Private collection Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930) is an Italian photographer who has concentrated on reportage and editorial work, but whose career as a photographer has encompassed book illustration and advertising. "Born in Santa Margherita Ligure, Gardin lived in Switzerland, Rome, Paris and Venice before starting as an amateur photographer in 1954. As a photographer, he was self-taught. Gardin's first year as a photographer, 1954, his first photographs were published in Il Mondo. This magazine, edited by Mario Pannunzio, was one to which both amateurs and professionals liked to submit their work. Gardin would later have photo essays published in Domus, Epoca, l'Espresso, Stern, Time, Vogue Italia;[Réalités; Le Figaro; and La Repubblica. He turned professional in 1962 and two years later moved to Milan, where he has lived since 1975. Gianni Berengo Gardin