あまり知られていない未発表の作品が大部分を占めているこのシリーズで、作者は視覚的な偶然や手で触れられるようなディテールを楽しみながら、都市の暮らしの質感やリズムを写し出した。この静かな発見の感覚とカラーフィルムの色合いが温かな雰囲気を作り出し、人気の観光地であるこの場所のアイデンティティをそれとなく伝えている。作者は住人や来訪者が残していった痕跡を南イタリア特有の光と、輝く太陽と表情豊かな影、日が沈んだ後にネオンや町の灯が醸し出す空想の世界のような空気感に満ちたイメージに捉え、プーリア州の地図を作りあげたのである。娘であるアデーレ・ギッリ（Adele Ghirri）と美術史家のアルトゥーロ・カルロ・クィンタヴァッレ（Arturo Carlo Quintavalle）による文章を収録。
Puglia. Tra albe e tramonti offers a brilliant account of Luigi Ghirri’s relationship with Puglia — a distinctive region at the heel of Italy, which was pivotal in establishing Ghirri’s career and continued to inspire him throughout it. A first visit in 1982 introduced Ghirri to Puglia’s whitewashed streets, luminescent nights, doorways and arches, potted cacti, funfairs, and beaches, as well as a group of artists, critics, and curators who would become his close friends and collaborators. Over the following decade, Ghirri returned to the area almost every year, photographing, exhibiting, and deepening his understanding of its subtle terrain. These photographs, almost all of which are little-known and previously unpublished, capture the textures and rhythms of urban life, delighting in visual coincidence and tactile detail. Their sense of quiet discovery — and the colour film on which they are shot — allude warmly to the area’s identity as a popular holiday destination. Ghirri maps the Apulian territory via the traces left by its inhabitants and visitors in images flooded with the distinctive light of Southern Italy – the bright sun and its eloquent shadows, and the otherworldly aura of neon and streetlights after dark.
With texts by Adele Ghirri and Arturo Carlo Quintavalle.
