Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 28. Februar 1942 |
Geburtsort | Milan, Italy |
Todesdatum | Montag, 13. Januar 2025 |
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Beschreibung | Oliviero Toscani (born 28 February 1942) is an Italian photographer, best-known worldwide for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton, from 1982 to 2000. Toscani was born in Milan, and took up photography following in the footsteps of his father, Fedele Toscani, a photoreporter for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. After obtaining his diploma at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich, he started working with different magazines, including Elle, Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. In 2018, Toscani became a member of the Italian Democratic Party (PD). |
