Adele Ghirri on preserving her father Luigi Ghirri's photographic legacy

Adele Ghirri, daughter of the influential Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri, discusses her role in preserving and promoting his work. Luigi Ghirri died in 1992 at age 49, leaving 144,000 negatives. Adele, who has no direct memory of her father, has reconstructed his personality and legacy through photographs, books, records, annotated texts, and conversations with friends and collaborators. She manages his archive with a critical approach, aiming to highlight lesser-known works and shift focus from iconic images that typecast him as a 'photographer of fogs' or 'plains.' Adele also offers deeper interpretations of his photos, noting Ghirri's early awareness that the proliferation of faces in photography would distract from places, anticipating today's selfie culture. The interview was conducted by Silvia Camporesi for Artribune.