Chiara Samugheo

Chiara Samugheo
Born	Chiara Samugheo (1935-03-25)25 March 1935
Died	13 January 2022(2022-01-13) (aged 86)

Chiara Samugheo (25 March 1935 – 13 January 2022) was an Italian neorealist photographer and photojournalist.[1]

Life and work

Samugheo was born in Bari, Italy. She was known as the first female professional photographer in Italy. She photographed film stars and celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s there.[2][3][4]

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston[5] and is archived at the Centre des études et Archives de la Communication (CSAC) of University of Parma.[6]

She died in Bari on 13 January 2022, at the age of 86.[7]

Publications

• Costumi di Sardegna (1982)[8]
• Sardegna nel Sinis
• Stelle di carta (1984)[9]
• 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:

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[5]

References

1. Povoledo, Elisabetta (2 December 2015). "Women's Views of Creativity, Culture and Identity". The New York Times.
2. "Da Loren a De Sica il gusto perduto della "Dolce vita"". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 23 March 2012.
3. "Chiara Samugheo". Collezione Donata Pizzi.
4. "Off the set. Chiara Samugheo's phographs [sic] for cinema". The National Museum of Cinema. 7 June 2012.
5. "Chiara Samugheo: untitled". mfah.org.
6. "Nouvelle du 20 avril 2015 sur le site de l'université des études de Parme, Département des Lettres, Arts, Histoire et Société". dusic.unipr.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2018.
7. "Bari, addio a Chiara Samugheo: la fotografa delle dive è morta a 86 anni. Da Liz Taylor a Monica Vitti, lascia un archivio da 165mila scatti". La Repubblica. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
8. "92532313". viaf.org.
9. "Stelle di carta : fotografie di Chiara Samugheo (Library resource)". European Institute for Gender Equality.