He immortalized the biggest stars
Chiara Samugheo is dead. It was famous in Italy and not just for being there photographer of the stars. In his long career he had the opportunity to portray famous characters from the world of entertainment with his lens, leaving us beautiful shots, which are kept in an archive in the city of Parma.
Chiara Samugheo died in Bari. The photographer of the divas of the sixties and seventies died, as confirmed by theHandle from sources close to the family of the photographer who in her career has immortalized beauties of the caliber of Liz Taylor, Monica Vitti, Shirley MacLane, Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale, Gina Lollobrigida and many more.
Csac, the study center of Parma which houses his archive, comments on the grave loss as follows:
Demanding professional and tireless worker, elegant, ironic and in love with her work, it is above all for her great humanity that it will be impossible to forget her.
Who was Chiara Samugheo, who died at 86
Chiara Paparella, this is her real name, she was born in Bari on March 25, 1935, even if her true date of birth has always been a mystery: there were those who claimed she was born 10 years earlier. He worked between Milan, Rome and Nice before returning to live in Puglia.
During its long life it has tightened friendships important with illustrious personalities from the world of entertainment, journalism, literature, such as Enzo Biagi, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, Giorgio Strehler.
She changed her surname to Samugheo, the stage name by which she is known, on the advice of Pasquale Prunas: she was inspired by a town in the Sardinian hinterland. Soon the passion for the photography it became his job: he began with news reports, social reports and then moved on to the cinema.
According to experts, he revolutionized the world of studio portrait. The last exhibition is the one dedicated to Raffaella Carrà, staged last autumn in Avellino.
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