MARLON BRANDO IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
CLAUDIA CARDINALE IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
JOHN LONE IN THE LAST EMPEROR BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1987, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ENRIQUE IRAZOQUI IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1964, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
MARIA SCHNEIDER IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
TOTÒ IN THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1966, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
THE SHELTERING SKY BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1990, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
About
Welcome to the Estate Angelo Novi. Our goal is to rework and contextualize the extensive archive of the Italian set-photographer Angelo Novi, who portrayed the heyday of the Italian author’s film. The material derives from the private holdings of the family: comprising approximately a thousand largely unpublished negatives, selected large-format vintage prints, and many other materials.
As of 2016 the estate – managed by his grandson, photographer and graphic designer Max Pietro Hoffmann, photographer Eike Walkenhorst and art historian Mira Herrarte – works continually with the archive by reaffirming Novis' photographic authority in exhibitions and publications. In February 2016 an exclusive issue of the ZEITmagazine was published interviewing Bernando Bertolucci. The following year the first solo exhibition in Germany at Galerie Rupert Pfab, Duesseldorf followed. From October to November 2017 a group exhibition with Eli Cortiñas, Angelo Novi, and Martina Sauter is taking place at the Braunschweig Photomuseum. The Estate Angelo Novi works together with the Cineteca di Bologna, who holds the main part of Angelo Novis archive and provides it to the estate at all times.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Biography
Angelo Novi (* 9 June 1930 – † 6 May 1997) worked for thirty years as the exclusive photographer with some of the most known Italian film directors of his time, such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. He studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, and from 1952 on, started to work as a photojournalist. The ability to capture the decisive moment, inspired by idols like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, is an important gist for his photographic style, which later honed in his work as a set photographer.
Novi told his own story through the scenic action captured by his photographs. Emphasis on the decisive moment, the contrast of proximity and distance, and the black and whites, are all attributes of Novi's work. With his photographs, Novi has made a comprehensive contribution to the cultural memory of the golden era of the Italian cinema. As a silent observer, he captured the moments at the film sets both behind the scenes and in action, revealing intimate aspects that cannot be found on the screen.
SILVANA MANGANO IN THEOREM BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1968, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
THE SHELTERING SKY BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1990, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIKA BY SERGIO LEONE, 1984, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI ON THE SET OF THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS, 1966, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ROBERT DE NIRO IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIKA BY SERGIO LEONE, 1984, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ORSON WELLES ON THE SET OF CURD CHEESE BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1962, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, 1968, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Exhibitions
Angelo Novi. L’immagine cinema
(Napoli, 1992)
Bertolucci. Images
(Lucca, 2000)
Fotografi di scena del cinema italiano: Angelo Novi
(Cesena, 2003)
Il diaframma di Pasolini. Angelo Novi fotografo di scena
(S.Miniato/Pisa, 2005)
Il Novecento di Bernardo Bertolucci nelle immagini di Angelo Novi
(Guastalla/Parma, 2005)
Pier Paolo Pasolini: La verità del corpo –
Scatti fotografici di Angelo Novi sui set del regista italiano
(New York, 2006)
Un altro West. Le foto di Angelo Novi sui set del western in Italia
(Bologna, 2007)
Sergio Leone, uno sguardo inedito
(Rome, 2009)
1900 – Novecento. Die Fotografien von Angelo Novi zu Bernardo Bertoluccis Film Novecento (Osnabrück, 2009)
Pasolini Roma
(Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2015)
Film Stills – Fotografien zwischen Werbung, Kunst und Kino
(Albertina, Vienna, 2016/2017)
Angelo Novi – Am Set mit Bertolucci, Leone & Pasolini
(Galerie Rupert Pfab, Duesseldorf, 2017)
Realized in collaboration with the Estate Angelo Novi
Film Footage Fotografie –
Bildnerische Augenblicke mit filmischen Bezügen
With Eli Cortiñas | Angelo Novi | Martina Sauter
(Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, 2017)
Exhibition part Angelo Novi realized in collaboration with the Estate Angelo Novi
Bilder des italienischen Kinos
(Gasteig, Munich, 2018)
Realized by the Estate Angelo Novi in collaboration with the Aspekte Galerie (MVHS)
Supported by the Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München and the Cineteca di Bologna
The exhibition is part of duesseldorf photo+
MARLON BRANDO AND MARIA SCHNEIDER IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Filmography
Robeto Rosselini
Era notte a Roma (1960)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Mamma Roma (1962)
Comizi d’amore (1964)
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
Uccellacci e uccellini (1966)
Teorema (1968)
Valerio Zurlini
Cronaca familiare (1962)
Alberto Lattuada
La mandragola (1965)
Sergio Leone
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)
C’era una volta il West (1968)
Giù la testa (1971)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Giuseppe Colizzi
La collina degli stivali (1969)
Mauro Bolognini
Bubù (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Il conformista (1970)
Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
Novecento (1976)
La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (1981)
Last Emperor (1987)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Little Buddha (1993)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Giuseppe Tornatore
L’uomo delle stelle (1995)
GERARD DEPARDIEU AND ROBERT DE NIRO IN 1900 BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1976, © Estate Angelo Novi
ROSANNA SCHIAFFANO IN LA STREGA IN AMORE BY DAMIANO DAMIANI, 1966, © Estate Angelo Novi
JENNIFER O'CONELLY AND SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, 1984, © Estate Angelo Novi
CLAUDIA CARDINALE AND SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, 1968, © Estate Angelo Novi
BEN KINGSLEY IN L'AMORE NECESSARIO BY FABIO CAPRI, 1991, © Estate Angelo Novi
HENRY FONDA IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968, © Estate Angelo Novi
Press
Rheinische Post
“Die dunklen Augen von Marlon Brando” (10.02.2017)
RICHARD VUU IN THE LAST EMPEROR BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1987, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Contact
Angelo Novi Estate
Neißestr. 3
12051 Berlin
T: +49 (0) 160 97301692
M: info@angelonovi.com
Fine Art Print Sales
For information about print sales please contact:
info@angelonovi.com
Staff
Mira Herrarte
(Curatorial & Editorial Work)
Max Pietro Hoffmann
(Curatorial Work & Graphic Design)
Eike Walkenhorst
(Curatorial & Editorial Work)
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated all work depicted is matter to copyright law.
© Estate Angelo Novi
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MARLON BRANDO IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
CLAUDIA CARDINALE IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
JOHN LONE IN THE LAST EMPEROR BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1987, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ENRIQUE IRAZOQUI IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1964, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
MARIA SCHNEIDER IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
TOTÒ IN THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1966, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
THE SHELTERING SKY BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1990, ©ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
About
Welcome to the Estate Angelo Novi. Our goal is to rework and contextualize the extensive archive of the Italian set-photographer Angelo Novi, who portrayed the heyday of the Italian author’s film. The material derives from the private holdings of the family: comprising approximately a thousand largely unpublished negatives, selected large-format vintage prints, and many other materials.
As of 2016 the estate – managed by his grandson, photographer and graphic designer Max Pietro Hoffmann, photographer Eike Walkenhorst and art historian Mira Herrarte – works continually with the archive by reaffirming Novis' photographic authority in exhibitions and publications. In February 2016 an exclusive issue of the ZEITmagazine was published interviewing Bernando Bertolucci. The following year the first solo exhibition in Germany at Galerie Rupert Pfab, Duesseldorf followed. From October to November 2017 a group exhibition with Eli Cortiñas, Angelo Novi, and Martina Sauter is taking place at the Braunschweig Photomuseum. The Estate Angelo Novi works together with the Cineteca di Bologna, who holds the main part of Angelo Novis archive and provides it to the estate at all times.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968
Biography
Angelo Novi (* 9 June 1930 – † 6 May 1997) worked for thirty years as the exclusive photographer with some of the most known Italian film directors of his time, such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. He studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, and from 1952 on, started to work as a photojournalist. The ability to capture the decisive moment, inspired by idols like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, is an important gist for his photographic style, which later honed in his work as a set photographer.
Novi told his own story through the scenic action captured by his photographs. Emphasis on the decisive moment, the contrast of proximity and distance, and the black and whites, are all attributes of Novi's work. With his photographs, Novi has made a comprehensive contribution to the cultural memory of the golden era of the Italian cinema. As a silent observer, he captured the moments at the film sets both behind the scenes and in action, revealing intimate aspects that cannot be found on the screen.
SILVANA MANGANO IN THEOREM BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1968, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
THE SHELTERING SKY BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1990, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIKA BY SERGIO LEONE, 1984, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI ON THE SET OF THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS, 1966, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ROBERT DE NIRO IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIKA BY SERGIO LEONE, 1984, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
ORSON WELLES ON THE SET OF CURD CHEESE BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, 1962, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, 1968, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Exhibitions
Angelo Novi. L’immagine cinema
(Napoli, 1992)
Bertolucci. Images
(Lucca, 2000)
Fotografi di scena del cinema italiano: Angelo Novi
(Cesena, 2003)
Il diaframma di Pasolini. Angelo Novi fotografo di scena
(S.Miniato/Pisa, 2005)
Il Novecento di Bernardo Bertolucci nelle immagini di Angelo Novi
(Guastalla/Parma, 2005)
Pier Paolo Pasolini: La verità del corpo –
Scatti fotografici di Angelo Novi sui set del regista italiano
(New York, 2006)
Un altro West. Le foto di Angelo Novi sui set del western in Italia
(Bologna, 2007)
1900 – Novecento. Die Fotografien von Angelo Novi zu Bernardo Bertoluccis Film Novecento (Osnabrück, 2009)
Sergio Leone, uno sguardo inedito
(Rome, 2009)
Pasolini Roma
(Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2015)
Film Stills – Fotografien zwischen Werbung, Kunst und Kino
(Albertina, Vienna, 2016/2017)
Angelo Novi – Am Set mit Bertolucci, Leone & Pasolini
(Galerie Rupert Pfab, Duesseldorf, 2017)
Realized in collaboration with the Estate Angelo Novi
Film Footage Fotografie –
Bildnerische Augenblicke mit filmischen Bezügen
With Eli Cortiñas | Angelo Novi | Martina Sauter
(Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, 2017)
Exhibition part Angelo Novi realized in collaboration with the Estate Angelo Novi
Bilder des italienischen Kinos
(Gasteig, Munich, 2018)
Realized by the Estate Angelo Novi in collaboration with the Aspekte Galerie (MVHS)
Supported by the Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München and the Cineteca di Bologna
The exhibition is part of duesseldorf photo+
MARLON BRANDO AND MARIA SCHNEIDER IN THE LAST TANGO BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1972, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Filmography
Robeto Rosselini
Era notte a Roma (1960)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Mamma Roma (1962)
Comizi d’amore (1964)
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
Uccellacci e uccellini (1966)
Teorema (1968)
Valerio Zurlini
Cronaca familiare (1962)
Alberto Lattuada
La mandragola (1965)
Sergio Leone
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)
C’era una volta il West (1968)
Giù la testa (1971)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Giuseppe Colizzi
La collina degli stivali (1969)
Mauro Bolognini
Bubù (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Il conformista (1970)
Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
Novecento (1976)
La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (1981)
Last Emperor (1987)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Little Buddha (1993)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Giuseppe Tornatore
L’uomo delle stelle (1995)
GERARD DEPARDIEU AND ROBERT DE NIRO IN 1900 BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1976, © Estate Angelo Novi
ROSANNA SCHIAFFANO IN LA STREGA IN AMORE BY DAMIANO DAMIANI, 1966, © Estate Angelo Novi
JENNIFER O'CONELLY AND SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, 1984, © Estate Angelo Novi
CLAUDIA CARDINALE AND SERGIO LEONE ON THE SET OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, 1968, © Estate Angelo Novi
BEN KINGSLEY IN L'AMORE NECESSARIO BY FABIO CAPRI, 1991, © Estate Angelo Novi
HENRY FONDA IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST BY SERGIO LEONE, 1968, © Estate Angelo Novi
Press
Rheinische Post
“Die dunklen Augen von Marlon Brando” (10.02.2017)
RICHARD VUU IN THE LAST EMPEROR BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 1987, © ESTATE ANGELO NOVI
Contact
Angelo Novi Estate
Neißestr. 3
12051 Berlin
T: +49 (0) 160 97301692
M: info@angelonovi.com
For information about print sales please contact: info@angelonovi.com
Staff
Mira Herrarte
(Curatorial & Editorial Work)
Max Pietro Hoffmann
(Curatorial Work & Graphic Design)
Eike Walkenhorst
(Curatorial & Editorial Work)
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated all work depicted is matter to copyright law.
© Estate Angelo Novi
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