Grostè Refuge, Italian Landscape series, 1983, C-print, 21.5×35cm, © Heirs of Luigi Ghirri 2
Museum Hanmi is hosting Infinite Landscapes, a solo exhibition by Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), the pioneer of Italian color photography, at its Samcheong Annex from December 12, 2025, to March 15, 2026.
Reconstructed from an exhibition originally organized by the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, this event is co-hosted with the Embassy of Italy in Korea and the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul to commemorate the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Italy.
It marks the first time that the comprehensive artistic world of this representative Italian photographer is being introduced to Korean audiences.
Luigi Ghirri's photography is well known for creating a unique emotion and rhythm through restrained compositions, featuring soft pastel colors, quietly empty streetscapes, and the spacious margins left by everyday objects.
These images encapsulate Ghirri's visual experiments in trying to look at familiar scenes in an entirely new way.
Stating that "if you look at a landscape as if it were the first and last time, you feel a sense of belonging to all the landscapes in the world," Ghirri viewed the scenes before his eyes not simply as parts of reality, but as singular images that reveal how we understand the world.
Ile Rousse, Kodachrome series, 1976, C-print, 17×27cm, © Heirs of Luigi Ghirri
He meticulously captured visual clues created by everyday elements like billboards, maps, windows, and objects to uncover the hidden visual order residing within familiar landscapes.
This exhibition encompasses major series such as Kodachrome, f11, 1/125, Natural Light, Still Life, Italian Landscape, and Identikit, showcasing the new visual sensibility Ghirri constructed on the boundary between reality and image.
Modena, Still Life series, 1978, C-print, 36×24.6cm, © Heirs of Luigi Ghirri
