Giovanni Gastel's celebrity portraits on show in Rome

Over 200 portrait photographs by Giovanni Gastel (Milan, 1955) are on display at the MAXXI in Rome, featuring celebrities such as Forattini, Ettore Sottsass, Germano Celant, Mimmo Jodice, Monica Bellucci, and Miriam Leone. The exhibition presents a journey through an ideal artistic-intellectual salon, where Gastel's black-and-white images resemble classical busts, with some color portraits breaking the continuity. The photographer describes his work as a necessity, not a job, aiming to eternalize an encounter between two souls. The show offers a literary depth that revives the pleasure of contemplation and investigation in an age of superficial imagery.