Born in 1957 in Lausanne (CH), he began his career in Italy in the mid seventies as a politically involved reportage photographer. At the age of 20, he won his first award of exellence from the Italian Professional Photographers Association. In the 80s, masterly mixing the iconic styles of portrait, reportage and fashion, he contributed to define the image of new magazines such as Amica, Max, Sette, Italian Vanity Fair and Myster. In the 90s he started to export his work and his name overseas, shooting, among others, for magazines such as Brutus Japan, Navi, Wallpaper, Du, Details and Mademoiselle. In 1995 he received the Art Director Club award for creativity in portrait photography. Diesel, Fred Perry, Lierac, Heineken, Ducati, Volkswagen, Pirelli and Martini are only few brands out of his consolidated advertising client list. His photographs have been largely exhibited in galleries and museums, both in Italy and abroad.
The exhibition presents the artwork of two great exponents of Italian contemporary photography capable of mixing the fashion language with their own personal researches.
“Life is eternal movement, photography is eternal stillness. In this immense difference is its magnificence its destiny as creator of icons and of unreal, and almost magical, frames.”
Giovanni Gastel
“Photography is my muse: it seduces me because it can embrace my interior world, my desires transforming them in images.”
Toni Thorimbert
From January 24th to March 15th 2014, the Galleria del Cembalo in Rome (Largo della Fontanella Borghese, 19) hosts the exhibition Doppio gioco (Double game).
Photographs of Giovanni Gastel and Toni Thorimbert, curated by Giovanna Calvenzi.
Inside the space dedicated to photo...