Luigi Menozzi was born in Reggio Emilia in 1957. From the wide views of his early Apennine landscapes, inherited particularly from the American tradition, his photographic journey has moved further towards a minimalist research which isolates, cuts and explores apparently insignificant details of nature. Faithfully following an artisanal production style right from the outset, in his more recent works he has used chalcography paper prepared with silver chloro-bromide gelatine photographic emulsion, contact exposing 4x5” and 8x10” negatives and then moving towards selenium printing. He currently prints on platinum/palladium sensitised natural paper. Since 1989 he has held personal and common exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

In 1999 he published In attesa dell’incanto, with texts by Diego Mormorio and Carlo Possa, which was commended as the best photography book at the Fotopadova 2000 competition. His photographs are part of collections in the Panizzi Library and the Civic Museum of Reggio Emilia, the Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saone, the Réattu Museum and the National School of Photography in Arles, the French National Library in Paris, the Museum of Photography in Charleroi, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology in Aurillac.

Galleria Parmeggiani
corso Cairoli 2 - Reggio Emilia
tel. 0522 451152 - 456249

Hours
Opening 30 April at 18.00
From 1 to 3 May from 10.00 to 23.00
From 5 May to 7 June: from Tuesdays to Fridays from 18.00 to 23.00; Saturdays, Sundays and festivals from 10.00 to 23.00