Luigi Cazzaniga

Luigi Cazzaniga's long and eclectic photographic career has encompassed art, fashion, commerce and politics. Born in Milan Italy, Luigi Cazzaniga has lived in New York since 1984. His historical footage of 9/11 has been shown on CNN, HBO, RAI and many Televisions Networks around the world and is part of a permanent installation at the 9/11 Museum in New York City. As a correspondent for Italian LA7 he shot videos of American life, from Mormon polygamous families in Utah, to New Orleans gun shows, and child beauty pageants in Texas. One of his most recent projects was an interview with Oliver Stone about his Putin experiences shown on Italy's RAI 3. Between 1986 and 1996 Cazzaniga was art director of Cover Magazine, a downtown New York arts journal. In the US, Cazzaniga also did fashion and portrait photography for W and Women's Wear Daily, Playboy, the New York Times, Popular Photography, Vogue and Seventeen magazine. From 2000 Cazzaniga has been collaborating with Italian Marie Claire for articles and reportage visiting the studios of New York most influential artists. From 2002 Cazzaniga has worked for Inter Soccer club directing and producing different videos and a book. Cazzaniga's 'Hyper Abstract' projections have been shown at the Bronx Museum, the Bowery Poetry Club, La Mama and Howl Gallery, The Shankill Castle, Ireland, the Soncino VI, VII, VIII IX Biennale, Casalmaggiore Contemporanea and the Stream Gallery in Bushwick NY. His art work was exhibited in the Dali Museum in Spain, Galleria Serpenti in Rome, No Commission in the Bronx, the Knitting Factory in Manhattan, Hamilton Gallery in London, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boulder Colorado, FNAC Gallery in Genoa and Gare2 Gallery in Brescia. Cazzaniga's two books, "Mondo Inter" and "Group Portraits" were published in Italy.