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Jean Turco

Glera di Giais, Italy
Artist (Photography)
Born unknown date
It is the light that makes photography. It is simply important to see it, to understand it, to choose the moment when it is ideal, to master it when it is artificial.

Jean Turco is a professional photographer. He started with high mountain photography, then, very quickly, he engaged in exclusively artistic photography.

The themes of the nude, the portrait and the still life are the subjects he favors. His work is distinguished by an original and visionary lighting that singularly differentiates him from other photographers.

Jean Turco was born in the Alps, he spent his adolescence in Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc. He graduated in photography and art history. His photographs, present in the collections of several museums, Lenin in Oulianovsk in Russia, National of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana, Nicéphore-Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône, etc. as in many private collections have been repeatedly honored with prizes and medals.

Author of books on photography, he has published:
At Pearson editions: The nude photo, The art of lighting, The nude, The portrait, The still life, The pose guide.
Punto Marte editions MV: Nu.
Dunod editions: 100 photo lighting plans.
Published by China Photographic Publishing House: Chinese version of The Art of Lighting.

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