Giuseppe Bruno (1836 in
Capizzi
Capizzi (Greek: ; Latin: Capitium) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Capizzi borders the following municipaliti ...
– 1904 in
Taormina
Taormina ( , , also , ; scn, Taurmina) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on ...
) was an Italian photographer who worked in Taormina, Capizzi and
Sicily
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in the 19th century.
Biography
He was educated as an engineer and he married a rich woman. Living on her income he could dedicate himself to his passion: photography. At the time this was a relatively new form of art, which required technical skills. He was keen on experimenting with new techniques of impression and printing of images. He even defined himself a "chemist-photographer".
He was teacher to
Wilhelm von Gloeden
Wilhelm Iwan Friederich August von Gloeden (September 16, 1856 – February 16, 1931), commonly known as Baron von Gloeden, was a German photographer who worked mainly in Italy. He is mostly known for his pastoral nude studies of Sicilian boy ...
, to whom he passed the passion for experimenting with the techniques of impression and printing of images.
His production was mainly dedicated to landscapes and monuments of the local areas with the successful introduction of human figures in the sceneries.
References
External links
Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931) and Giuseppe Bruno
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Taormina
Photography in Italy
Pioneers of photography
1836 births
1904 deaths