Chiara Samugheo (25 March 1935 – 13 January 2022) was an Italian neorealist photographer and

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Life and work

Samugheo was born in

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

, Italy. She was known as the first female professional photographer in Italy. She photographed film stars and celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s there. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and is archived at the Centre des études et Archives de la Communication (CSAC) of University of Parma. She died in

on 13 January 2022, at the age of 86.

Publications

* ''Costumi di Sardegna'' (1982) * ''Sardegna nel Sinis'' * ''Stelle di carta'' (1984) * ''O dolce mio'' (1985) * ''Lucca e la Lucchesia'' * ''Vanità sarda'' * ''Vicenza e Palladio'' * ''Sardegna, quasi un continente'' * ''I Nebrodi'' * ''Bacco in Sardegna'' * ''Natura magica della Sardegna'' * ''Le corti del verde'' * ''Al cinema con le stelle'' * ''Il reale e l'effimero'' * ''Cento dive'' * ''Cento anni di cinema'' * ''Carnaval de Rio''

Collections

Samugheo's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

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References

1935 births 2022 deaths People from Bari 20th-century Italian photographers 20th-century Italian women artists 21st-century Italian photographers 21st-century Italian women artists {{Italy-photographer-stub