2016 Carlo Orsi
Carlo Orsi was born in Milan on March 8, 1941.
He made his debut in the world of photography as an assistant to Ugo Mulas. In the early '60s he was a reporter from Italy and abroad for magazines like Panorama, Settimo Giorno, Il Mondo and Oggi.
At the end of the sixties he started working with the fashion industry collaborating with the most qualified Italian and foreign magazines. Not immune to the lure of advertising he created the campaigns for La Perla, Omsa, Swatch, American System, and Marlboro.
He published several books including "Milano" in 1965 with Dino Buzzati, "Exstasi" in 1999 on the fall of the Berlin Wall, "Single Act with Jannis Kounellis" in 2006, "The Photographer Carlo Orsi" in 2012 and some books on Arnaldo Pomodoro whose image he started caring since 1984.
In the early 90's he slowly started leaving fashion and advertising and returned to reportage which he never really abandoned.
In 1997 he founded with old friends Guido Vergani, Emilio Tadini, Gianfranco Pardi and Giorgio Terruzzi the magazine "Città" to narrate Milan mainly through the images.
In 2004 he began a collaboration with Interplast, an association of volunteers in reconstructive plastic surgery. Two books document five missions: Tibet, China, Uganda, Bangladesh and Bolivia.
To learn more about Mr. Orsi's work: www. carloorsi.com.
