Claudio Rasano

The captivating beauty of Claudio Rasano’s analogue, medium-format photographs lies in the natural lighting, unpretentious visual imagery, and authentic gaze. Whether people, buildings, or landscapes, the finiteness of existence always resonates—suffusing his oeuvre with a beguiling melancholy. Atmospherically, it calls to mind Edward Hopper’s scenes, and is related formally to David Goldblatt’s pictures, but nevertheless always remains unpolitical: Rasano deals with his subject with impartial fascination.

Besides numerous other prizes, he has also been awarded the renowned Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London. His works have been presented around the world, thus, for instance, at the Kunsthalle Basel, Les Rencontres d’Arles, the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney, and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Claudio Rasano’s photography is represented in the Roche Art Collection Basel, Christoph Merian Foundation Basel, London Photographic Association, and Museum of African Design Johannesburg, among other institutions.

*1970 in Basel, lives and works in Basel.

— CV
— Exhibition «The Finiteness of Depth»

[Translate to English:] Ausstellungsansicht «Claudio Rasano - Endlichkeit der Tiefe» in der Galerie König Büro, Zürich, Schweiz, 2022. Claudio Rasano «Beachhouse», 2013 (links) und «Beachhouse Back Side», 2013 (rechts). Courtesy der Künstler. Foto: Michel Gilgen.
[Translate to English:] Ausstellungsansicht «10’000 Jahre Oslo - Jubiläumsausstellung zum 10-jährigen Bestehen der Ateliergemeinschaft Oslo» im Salon Mondial der Christoph Merian Stiftung, Basel, Schweiz, 2021. Claudio Rasano «Shell Construction», 2013. Courtesy und Foto: der Künstler.
[Translate to English:] Ausstellungsansicht «10’000 Jahre Oslo - Jubiläumsausstellung zum 10-jährigen Bestehen der Ateliergemeinschaft Oslo» im Salon Mondial der Christoph Merian Stiftung, Basel, Schweiz, 2021. Claudio Rasano «Thembinkosi Fanwell Ngwenya», «Student II», «Student I», «Student III» aus der Serie «Similar Uniforms, we Refuse to Compare», 2016. Aus der Serie «Soweto Johannesburg», 2013. Courtesy und Foto: der Künstler.
[Translate to English:] Installationsansicht «A Tooth for an Eye» in der Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Schweiz, 2018. Claudio Rasano «Shell Construction» und «Shell Construction Raw», 2013. «RDP House», 2013. Courtesy der Künstler. Foto: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel.
Winter Forest I
Rasano Claudio 2021

Winter Forest I

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White Horse
Rasano Claudio 2021

White Horse

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Somewhere in Basel II
Rasano Claudio 2021

Somewhere in Basel II

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Somewhere in Basel I
Rasano Claudio 2013

Somewhere in Basel I

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Shell Construction Raw
Rasano Claudio 2013

Shell Construction Raw

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Boy on a Horse
Rasano Claudio 2013

Boy on a Horse

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Shell Construction
Rasano Claudio 2013

Shell Construction

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Mechanic
Rasano Claudio 2013

Mechanic

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Student I
Rasano Claudio 2016

Student I

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Student II
Rasano Claudio 2016

Student II

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Student III
Rasano Claudio 2016

Student III

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Thembinkosi Fanwell Ngwenya
Rasano Claudio 2016

Thembinkosi Fanwell Ngwenya

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