Eighty black and white and color photos taken by photographer Sergio Strizzi on the sets of great Italian and international directors, from Michelangelo Antonioni to Vittorio De Sica, from John Huston to Peter Greenaway to Roberto Benigni and Giuseppe Tornatore. The exhibition “Sergio Strizzi – The Perfect Moment” opens its doors in London from May 15 in the spaces of the Estorick collection of Italian modern art. Organized in collaboration with the Sergio Strizzi Archives in Rome, this is the first exhibition in the UK. dedicated to the Italian photographer, considered one of the greatest talents in photography on film sets, and will be open to visitors until September 8.
“We are particularly attached to certain photos of Monica Vitti – her daughters Melissa and Vanessa tell Adnkronos – that their father took in 1960 in Milan in a newly built and deserted Galfa tower, where, in a glass game, the protagonists are the city and Vitti Avant-garde photos, precursors of what will be the fashion services of the great photographers, forgotten in a drawer and which we found 25 years ago Dad was still alive when we got them for him. shown but he never told us for what occasion this service was made. We are preparing a book on these 80 photos which will be released after the exhibition. Recently, in the archives, we found a photo of Silvana Mangano on the set of “. “Last Judgment” by De Sica, an off-stage scene with her in a very beautiful evening dress.
Passionate about photography since a young age, Strizzi began his career at the Publifoto agency. In 1952, he captured the dynamic action of football matches for the film “The Eleven Musketeers”, then worked on the sets of films such as “The Great War” and “Rivermaid”, in which Sophia Loren also starred. . During the 1960s, Strizzi, in close collaboration with Michelangelo Antonioni on the sets of La Notte, L’eclisse and Deserto Rosso, created photos capable of evoking the intense atmospheres of the great trilogy on alienation.
Following the meeting with the English producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, Sergio Strizzi moved to London to work on the filming of the three films in the James Bond series, “From Russia with Love”, “Only We Live for Two times” and “For Your Eyes Only”. In 1978, while working on the filming of Bloodline, Strizzi met Audrey Hepburn, whom he then photographed for Life magazine, during a special report celebrating the actress’s fiftieth birthday and her return to cinema Throughout the 1980s, he continued to work on numerous Strizzi film sets, including “Escape to Victory” directed by John Huston and “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”. by Terry Gilliam During the 90s, Strizzi worked for many Hollywood productions made in Italy, such as the film “Ripley’s Game” (2002). was considered an artist by the artists he worked with.