PHOTOBOOK

image courtesy Luca Fontana

DANIELE TAMAGNI
STYLE IS LIFE

Hardcover with tipped-in plate
ca. 24 × 32 cm
256 pages ca.
148 color ills.
English, Italian
Available at Kehrer Verlag
ISBN 978-3-96900-154-7 2024

Editors: Aïda Muluneh, Chiara Bardelli Nonino.
Curated by Giordano Tamagni
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Texts: Emmanuelle Courrèges, Angelo Ferracuti, Alain Mabanckou, Lekgetho Makola, Gianfranco Maraniello, Véronique Marchand, Gerardo Mosquera, Tommaso Sacchi, Waridi Schrobsdorff, Kwanele Sosibo et al.
Design: Tomo Tomo

 

 

 

Documenting street styles and fashion trends, Daniele Tamagni captured the pride and joy of urban communities across the globe to whom fashion is a way to position oneself in a reimagined society. Collecting Daniele Tamagni’s images of the Congolese sapeurs, Botswana’s afrometals, Bolivian female wrestlers, young dance crews of Johannesburg and more, Style Is Life brings together renowned and unpublished photographs that remind us of the subversive and political value of fashion.

“With every frame of Daniele’s, it’s clear he wasn’t a photographer simply capturing moments detached from the environment or people. He immersed himself in each instant, uniquely positioning himself as a foreign photographer who valued building relationships with subjects.” (Aïda Muluneh)

“Daniele’s images have won a World Press Photo Award, inspired fashion designers such as Paul Smith and Stella Jean, convinced the demanding jury of the ICP Infinity Award and seduced artists such as Solange Knowles.” (Chiara Bardelli Nonino)

image courtesy Luca Fontana

Round Table Conversation

14.03.2024 – 18.00 H.

With 

Angelo Ferracuti / writer and reporter

Ingrid Tamborin / African fashion advisor

Chiara Bardelli Nonino / curator and editor

Jean-Léonard Touadi / journalist, writer and international relations expert

Alessia Glaviano / head of Global Photo Vogue

 

Moderated by

Marco Trovato / editorial director of Africa magazine

 

On Thursday 14 March, 6 p.m. in the museum’s conference room, there will be a round table discussion on the work and life of Daniele Tamagni, starting with the book published by the German publisher Kehrer Verlag.

Come join us to listen to many in-depth discussion topics related to the photographer, from his vision of fashion as identity and social redemption in the ‘peripheries’ of the world, to the impact of Daniele’s images in the world of fashion and beyond, to the precious human and professional legacy he left behind.

Free entrance by reservation (subject to availability)
foundation@danieletamagni.com