Giovanni Gastel Explained

Giovanni Gastel
Birth Date:	1955 12, df=y
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Death Place:	Milan, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Occupation:	Photographer

Giovanni Gastel (27 December 1955 – 13 March 2021) was an Italian photographer.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Giovanni Gastel began to approach photography in the early 1970s.

In 1981, he started working for numerous fashion magazines, including Vogue, Elle, and Vanity Fair; he also collaborated with world-famous brands such as Dior, Trussardi, Krizia, Tod's, and Versace.

During these years of intense professional commitment, he began to develop his personal style, characterized by a poetic irony. His passion for art history led him to introduce a taste for balanced composition into photographs. His references are to Pop Art and Irving Penn's photographic work.

From 15 September 2020 to 5 March 2021, the MAXXI Museum in Rome presented the exhibition “Giovanni Gastel, The People I Like”.^[4]

Gastel died from COVID-19 in Milan on 13 March 2021, at the age of 65, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Al Festival dell'Invenzione, Giovanni Gastel incontra il pubblico. Redazione Online. 23 May 2019. 14 March 2021.
2. Web site: Omaggio a Giovanni Gastel sul Lago di Como: in mostra 38 foto iconiche. 18 May 2018. la Repubblica. 14 March 2021.
3. Web site: Intervista a Giovanni Gastel. "L'eleganza? È un valore morale". Vera Giovale. Merlo. 14 November 2016. 14 March 2021.
4. Web site: 2020-02-06. Giovanni Gastel. The People I like MAXXI. 2022-02-13. www.maxxi.art. en-US.
5. Web site: Morto il fotografo Giovanni Gastel: era ricoverato per Covid in condizioni gravissime. www.ilmessaggero.it. 13 March 2021 . 14 March 2021.