ROGER CORONA
Roger Corona was born en Marseille in 1949.
His adoptive city of Florence changed in 1984, when he moved to Milan and began his profession as a freelance beauty photographer. He began a beauty photographer, working for Italian and international magazines and in advertising.
From 1999 to 2001, his commercial work was divided between Milan and Paris with international advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson, Ogilvy and McCann Erickson.
In 1995, 1996 and 1997, Corona was a jury member of the Miss Italia beauty contest.
As a professional photographer, he has created the images of campaigns that have since become part of our collective imagination.
These include the famous 1995 Fiorucci campaign showing the naked buttocks of a young woman dressed only in pink fur handcuffs; and the 1997 A. Testoni campaign that won the international prize of best advertisement of the year in New York.
Roger Corona has worked for Italian and international companies including: Estée Lauder, L’Oréal Paris, Wella, Ferragamo, Gai Mattiolo, Alviero Martini, Rodo, Diego dalla Palma, Triumph, Lovable and Zepter International.
His work has been published in Italian and International magazines including Amica, Anna, Gioia, Marie Claire, Max, L’Espresso, Harper’s Bazaar, Votre Beauté, Biba and Photo France.
Parallel to his advertorial work, Corona has always actively pursued the development of his personal photographic studies. Exhibitions of his photos include:
- 1993 – Myself & I, 4 handed portraits with…
Curator: Carlo Franza - 1994 – FEMMES EXTRÊMES
curator: Giuliana Scimé - 1996 – DETAILS
curator: Giuliana Scimé - 2019 – LES FEMMES DE LA LUNE
curator: Giuliana Scimé
The exhibitions
SOLO SHOW
2020
Nuova Terra – Photofestival
Unimaginable Exhibition space
Milan
Curator: Roberto Mutti
1993-2020
Myself & I – Four handed portrait with…
Unimaginable Exhibition space – Milan
Curator: Carlo Franza
Myself & I – Four handed portrait with…
Tribeca Art Gallery – Milan
Curator: Carlo Franza
2019
BLACK LULU – Milan GALLERY WEEKEND
Expowall Gallery – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
2019
LES FEMMES DE LA LUNE – PHOTOFESTIVAL
Spazio Kryptos – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
2017-2018
GEOMETRIC PATTERN
Biffi Art Gallery – Piacenza
Curator: Maurizio Rebuzzini
GEOMETRIC PATTERN
Spazio Kryptos – Milan
Curator: Maurizio Rebuzzini
1996
DETAILS
Kunstcafè Gallery – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
DETAILS
La Corte Contemporary Art – Florence
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
1995
LA BELLEZZA in Polaroid 50 x 60
Industria / Superstudio – Milan
Performance
1994
PATAPHOTO
Tribeca Art Gallery – Milan
Curator: Gianni Donatelli
1994
FEMMES EXTRÊMES
Eos Gallery – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
FEMMES EXTRÊMES
Eos Gallery – Lugano
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
1993
L’ATTIMO
Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi – Bologna
Curator: Clive Malcolm Griffiths
1992
ROGER CORONA per EXODUS
Rotonda della Besana – Milan
Curator: Fabrizio Carbon
GROUP SHOWS
2017
UNEXPECTED WORLDS
Onishi Project Gallery – New York
Curator: Stefania Carrozzini
2006
UN SECOLO A NUDO
Belvedere Gallery – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
2006
THE BODY EXPOSED
Artef Gallery – Zurich
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
2003-2005
INVITO AL COLLEZIONISMO
Carla Sozzani Gallery – Milan
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
1998
FOTOGRAFICA 98
International photography exhibition in Oderzo – Treviso
CHARITY AUCTION
2020
PHOTO ACTION per Torino
GAM – Gallery of Modern Art – Turin
Curator: Guido Harari
2002-2003
WORLD AIDS DAY
Monaco SIDA Association
Montecarlo – Principality of Monaco
Curator: Giuliana Scimé
1997
FASHION AND JEWELERY “uniti nella lotta all’Aids”
Triennale Palazzo dell’Arte – Milan
FAIR AND EVENTS
2019
FOTOFEVER PARIS – Les Femmes de la Lune
Expowall Gallery – Milan
2019
UNIVERSITY STATALE OF MILAN
Round table “Les Femmes de la Lune”
2019
UNIVERSITY STATALE OF MILAN
Milan Digital Week – Conference “Blockchain e fotografia”
2019
MIA PHOTOFAIR – Pleasure Garden
Podbielsky Contemporary Gallery – Milano
2018
MIA PHOTOFAIR – Corp à Corp
Glenda Cinquegrana Art Consulting – Milan
2017
MIA PHOTOFAIR – Geometric Pattern
MIA Proposal
GUEST LECTURES
2019
Triennale Palazzo dell’Arte – AFIP International
La bellezza del dettaglio
2019
University Statale of Milan – Department of Aesthetics
L’estetica, la bellezza
PUBLICATION
2018
BODY AND SOUL – THE ART IN THE DETAILS
Publisher: Simonelli
Curator: Nicoletta Salvatori
2017
GEOMETRIC PATTERN
Self-published Curator: Maurizio Rebuzzini.
1996
DETTAILS
Publisher: Mazzotta Editore Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
1994
FEMMES EXTRÊMES
Publisher: Auritempore Curator: Giuliana Scimé.