Location: Italy
He was born in Reggio Emilia on 20th July 1960, in 1989 he moved to Basilicagoiano, in the province of Parma, where he still lives with his family.
He exposed his works in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
Among the most significant, in 2000 he was invited by Mrs. Michèle Moutashar to exhibit his work entitled “Les colonnes Hercules” at the Musée Reattu, on the occasion of the XXXI Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles.
In June 2001 he exposed his photographs at the European Parliament in Bruxelles.
In 2003 at the Musée de la Photographie of Charleroi in Belgium.
In 2004 at the Musée Mahmoud Saïd of Alexandria in Egypt during the Festival méditerranéen d’Alexandrie.
In October 2005 he was invited by Citroën France to show his work “Pallas” within the FIAC (International Fair of Contemporary Art) in Paris.
In April 2006 the Radium Artis Gallery exposed his personal work “Limen” on the theme he always explored, the limit, curated by Daniele De Luigi.
In January 2007 he displayed at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 of Lyon his exhibition “Via Parma, 14”.
In August 2010 he started shooting a new series of photographs about the idea of the labyrinth which, along with the series presented at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie of Paris in 2003, created the exhibition “Labyrinthi” in summer 2011 in Arles.
In 2013 he produced the photographic work “Just before…”, a project developed on the idea of the moment just before something happens, which will be exposed in summer 2014 in Arles during the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie.
During the same year he was invited by the Photography Museum of Seoul to show the series “Les Colonnes d’Ercules”.
In 2015 work began on young people who choose to return to work on the land. This research is still ongoing.
In 2016 he developed a project entitled "Lumen Flowers", a series of 33 images in the single copy format 10x15cm, depicting a fantastic herbarium, made with a particular "off-camera" technique, without a photographic device and without film.
In 2017 he took part in the Mia Photo Fair in Milan with the Alidem gallery. Also in the same year he was invited to exhibit the project "Via Fratelli Cervi 66, MaxMara" at Colorno PhotoLife.
In April 2018 on the occasion of FotografiaEuropea 2018, he presented the volume "Via Fratelli Cervi 66, MaxMara" edited by Silvana Editoriale.
At the beginning of 2019 he dedicated himself to two new projects that develop on the idea of "beyond".
The "Ade" project is the representation of what the photographer imagines in the afterlife. A fantastic world where you enter by crossing the Acheron river on which Charon ferried souls to Hades and a series of curtains to enter a world made up of demons, angels and madonnas.
The "Wandering souls" project is in the imagination the representation of a group of wandering souls who wander in search of peace.
Also in 2019, the Malerba Photography Fund organizes and exhibits the series "The columns of Hercules" first in Tokyo at the Roonee 247 Fine Arts gallery, then in Havana at the Hispano-American Center of Culture.
In 2020 he created a new series of one-off projects entitled "Icons".
He has published several photo books of his works accompanied by texts written by personalities of the world of culture as Jacques Le Goff, C.H. Favrod. Italo Zannier, Michèle Moutashar, Xavier Canonne, Robert Pujade and many more.
His photographs can be found at:
• Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris - France
• Musée Reattu, Arles – France
• Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi – Belgium
• Musée Nicéphore Niépce , Chalon sur Saone - France
• Fototeca della Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia - Italy
• CRAF - Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia, Spilimbergo (PN) – Italy
• Maison Valdôtaine de la Photographie, Aosta - Italy
• Favrod Archive - Switzerland
• Italo Zannier Archive, Venezia - Italy
• École Nationale de la Photographie, Arles – France
• Galerie Municipale du Château d'Eau, Toulouse – France
• Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Aurillac - France
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris – France
• Centre régional de la Photographie, Nord pas de Calais, Douchy les Mines – France
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London – England
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California – U.S.A
• Giulia Marmotti Foundation, Reggio Emilia - Italy
• Detuschen Centrum für Photographie, Kunstbibliothek, Berlin – Germany
• École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris – France
• Archivio di Stato di Parma, Parma - Italy
• CSAC - Centro Studi Archivio della Comunicazione, Parma - Italy
• Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon - France
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
All images are unique works.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
To date I have developed four "Icons" projects. Each has an iconic index that refers to an object / icon.
"Icons I" is a statue that refers to a Madonna, in "Icons II" I photographed a pepper as a tribute to Edward Weston and in "Icons III" the calla lilies are a tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe, finally in "Icons IV" the apple bitten is a clear tribute to Steve Jobs.
All the projects in the "Icons" series are available for exhibition to support the project presented "Icons III" if it is selected.
All projects can be seen on my website www.cesarediliborio.it
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
Icons III - Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
I decided to develop this idea and to deepen the theme of the Icon. After the intervention in Mordançage which causes the image, reproduction of reality, to enter an unreal condition, I use the application of the gold leaf to make the image assume an attitude of icon, such as, for example, the ancient Russian icons depicting the Madonna.
The choice of the number of nine images per project is a tribute to Andy Warhol, who with the work of the nine Marilyn cleared the image of the icon from classic to pop.
“Icons III #03”
“Icons III #08”
“Icons III #09”
“Icons III #05”
“Icons III #04”
“Icons III #02”
