Antonio Martinelli
French-Italian photographer
Antonio Martinelli is a French-Italian photographer born in Venice, Italy. He currently lives in Paris.
Early life, education and early career
Martinelli graduated from Università Iuav di Venezia (Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia).
From an early age he frequented the Venice Circolo Fotografico La Gondola. He became friends with Hugo Pratt and provided the introductory photographs for Pratt's book Corto Maltese - Fable de Venise.
In 1972, Martinelli's trip to India which resulted in multiple photographic projects for publications and exhibitions throughout Europe, in New York and in India.
In 1979, Domus magazine commissioned the photographer to report on the construction and installation of the Teatro del Mondo in Venice, a work by architect Aldo Rossi sponsored by the Venice Biennale. Martinelli followed the evolution of the work, from the laying of the structure's first pole on the barge to the introduction into the waters of the Teatro, through to the maiden voyage in the mist of the Venetian lagoon towards the Punta della Dogana, at the entrance of the Grand Canal. After that, he accompanied the Teatro on his journey to the Adriatic Sea until Dubrovnik.
The collaboration with Domus and the Biennale led to a work documenting the first exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture: La Strada Novissima, installed in 1980 in the long Corderie building.
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