Franco Pinna

Franco Pinna was an Italian photographer (1925–1978). He was born at La Maddalena and died at Rome.

Franco Pinna in brief

Born
1925
Died
1978
Known for
photographer
Place of birth
La Maddalena
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Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1950 to 2011.

La tarantata, Maria di Nardò, partendo dalla posizione di riposo, dated 1959, printed later, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2018.493. Funerale di un bambino a Ferradina, dated 1952, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2018.494. Mandarinaie – 02, dated 1950s, printed later, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2018.502.7. La piazza di Stigliano, Potenza, dated 1952, printed later, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2018.662.2. História do corpo no Brasil / Mary del Priore, Marcia Amantino (orgs.)., dated [2011], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Franco Pinna e la fotografia etnografica, La Ricerca Folklorica, 1980. Pinna illusion, Scholarpedia, 2009. I viaggi nel Sud di Ernesto De Martino, Clara Gallini et Francesco Faeta (éd.), photographies d’Arturo Zavattini, Franco Pinna et Ando Gilardi, Turin, Bollati Boringhieri, 1999, Gradhiva, 1999. Pinna, Diego, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Pinna, Francesco, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1925Franco Pinna born at La Maddalena.
  2. 1950Mandarinaie – 02 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1952Funerale di un bambino a Ferradina (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 1952La piazza di Stigliano, Potenza (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1959La tarantata, Maria di Nardò, partendo dalla posizione di riposo (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  6. 1978Franco Pinna died at Rome.
  7. 2011História do corpo no Brasil / Mary del Priore, Marcia Amantino (orgs.). (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Franco Pinna e la fotografia etnografica, La Ricerca Folklorica, 1980

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    I viaggi nel Sud di Ernesto De Martino, Clara Gallini et Francesco Faeta (éd.), photographies d’Arturo Zavattini, Franco Pinna et Ando Gilardi, Turin, Bollati Boringhieri, 1999, Gradhiva, 1999

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Pinna illusion, Scholarpedia, 2009

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Pinna, Diego, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Pinna, Francesco, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 3016854-5, Mostra I Set di Fellini Fotografati da Franco Pinna (1988 : Ravenna).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Franco Pinna (5 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Franco Pinna.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q970865: Franco Pinna

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  10. 10.

    “Franco Pinna”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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