Biography of Photographer Franco Fontana

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FRANCO FONTANA
Italia, 1933

Franco Fontana was born in Modena, Italy, 9 December 1933.

He began working as an amateur photographer in 1961.

His first personal exposition was in 1968 in Modena. Since then he has participated in more than 400 expositions – collective and personal – and his work is bought in approximately 60 museum collections all over the world.

He has been signed for numerous publicity campaigns, as FIAT, VOLKSWAGEN, National Railways, VOLVO, VERSACE, CANON, KODAK, SNAM, STET, MONDRIAN, J.WALKER, ALITALIA, SWISSAIR, LA RINASCENTE.

He works with Time-Life, VOGUE USA, VOGUE FRANCE, VENDERDI DI REPUBBLICA, PANORAMA, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE, EPOCA and many more distinguished publications.

His work has been published in more than 40 books in various editions in Italian, Japanese, French, German, Swiss, English and Spanish.

His numerous awards include the 1989 Tokyo Photographer Society of Japan – The 150 Years of Photography – Photographer Award.

These are some of his photos:

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To learn more:

Visit Franco Fontana Official website:  http://francofontanaphotographer.com/

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