Emanuela Gardner
Biography
Emanuela Gardner was born in Verona Italy in 1952 and was raised in Rome. She studied philosophy at the University of Rome and continued to develop her skills as a painter and photographer, passions of hers since childhood.
Mrs. Gardner arrived in New York in 1981 after having spent 2 years in London and 2 years in India. In NY she joined the Art Student League to continue to develop as a painter. During this period she received an assignment from Italian Vogue to photograph Jeff Koons.
This was the beginning of her career as portrait photographer which over the past 20 years has included Raoul Julia, Carl Bernstein , Leo Castelli and Walter Cronkite to name a few. Aside from her portrait work, Mrs. Gardner has an extensive body of work as a landscape photographer. She has exhibited her landscapes in New York, Los Angeles and Rome.
Publications
New York Times –Vogue - Marie Claire – Details Magazine – Village Voice - Amica – Corriere della Sera – Panorama – L'Espresso – Art Forum – Contemporanea – Elle – Dedicate – Grazia-La Repubblica
Selected Portraits
Raoul Julia – Terence Stamp - Ben Gazzara – Dominique Sanda – Marco Risi – Domiziana Giordano – Leo Castelli – Jeff Koons – George Condo – Hiroshi Teshigahara – Toni Shafrasi – Achille Bonito Oliva – Carl Lewis – Joseph Kosouth – Susan Minot – Carl Bernstein – Cynthia Ozich – Walter Cronkite – Marco Tullio Giordana--Nicola
Exhibits
2007 - New York University - Casa Italiana, New York City
2004-2007 - Monserrato Arte, Rome, Italy
2003 – Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York City
2003 – Headquarters, Los Angeles, California
2002 – Premio Chatwin, La Spezia, Italy
2000-2001 – Egizio's Project Gallery, New York City
1997 – Rizzoli, New York City
1995 – Rempire Gallery, New York, City
1993 – La Galerie, St. Barth, FWI
Book Covers
Paul Auster – Gary Trudeau – Jorge Castillo – Hunt Slonem
Catalogues
1996- 2000 - Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
Cinematography
2000 – "Quien es?" – Director, Nicola – Havana, Cuba
Still Photography
2006 – Frame of Mind – Director, Carl Evans – New York City
2001 – Tre Mogli – Director, Marco Risi – Rome, Italy & Buenos Aires, Argentina 2000 – Come On – Director, Pascal Aubier – NYC
