Roger Corona

1949 Marseille, France

3 Works exhibited

Current location

Milan, Italy

Represented by

Expowall

Category

Portrait , Photography , Nudes

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Roger Corona was born in Marseille in 1949.

His adoptive city of Florence and his career as a supervisor with Fiat changed after an encounter with Giovanni Gastel in 1984 when he moved to Milan and began his profession as a freelance beauty photographer, working for Italian and international magazines and in advertising. He combines his advertorial work with a deep commitment to photographic research. Corona was a jury member of the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1995, 1996, and 1997.

From 1999 to 2001, between Milan and Paris, he worked for women’s magazines and advertising agencies. From 2002 to 2004, the Alpitour company entrusted him with the photographic restyling of its holiday resorts around the world. In this work, the beauty of the wild and primordial nature becomes the real protagonist.

In 2017, Roger Corona participated in the MIA Photo Fair, where he presented the monograph PATTERN GEOMETRICO edited by Maurizio Rebuzzini, in which nudes are a more intense portrayal of the body's forms and lines. In 2018, Corona participated in the MIA Photo Fair, where he presented the digital book "Corpo e Anima – L'arte nei dettagli" edited by Nicoletta Salvatori and published by Simonelli.

LES FEMMES DE LA LUNE, curated by Giuliana Scimé, a four-handed initiative with the sculptress Vivide Mantero, who works with iron. This is a union of photography and sculpture where an imaginary thread leads us back to the ancestral woman.

As a photographer, Roger Corona created campaigns that have become part of the collective imagination. These include the famous Fiorucci campaign (1995), a naked butt of a girl dressed only in pink plush handcuffs, or the A. Testoni campaign, winner of the International award in New York for best advertising of the year (1997). 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.

SOLO SHOWS
2019
BLACK LULU – MILANO GALLERY WEEKEND, Expowall Gallery, Milan, Curator: Pamela Campaner.
LES FEMMES DE LA LUNE – PHOTOFESTIVAL, Spazio Kryptos, Milan, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
2018
PATTERN GEOMETRICO, Spazio Kryptos, Milan, Curator: Maurizio Rebuzzini.
2017
PATTERN GEOMETRICO, Galleria Biffi Arte, Piacenza, Curator: Maurizio Rebuzzini.
1996
DETTAGLI, Galleria Kunstcafe, Milan, La Corte Arte Contemporanea, 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.
FEMMES EXTRÊMES, Galleria Eos, Milan, Galleria Eos, Lugano, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
1993
L'ATTIMO, Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi, Bologna, Curator: Clive Malcolm Griffiths.
IO & IO, Tribeca Art Gallery, Milan, Curator: Carlo Franza.
1992
ROGER CORONA per EXODUS, Rotonda della Besana, Milann, Curator: Fabrizio Carbon.

GROUP SHOWS
2017
UNEXPECTED WORLDS, Onishi Project Gallery, New York, Curator: Stefania Carrozzini.
2006
UN SECOLO A NUDO, Galleria Belvedere, Milan, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
THE BODY EXPOSED, Artef Gallery, Zurich, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
2005
INVITO AL COLLEZIONISMO, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
2003
INVITO AL COLLEZIONISMO, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
WORLD AIDS DAY - Charity Auction, Associazione Monaco SIDA, Montecarlo, Monaco, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
2002
WORLD AIDS DAY - Charity Auction, Associazione Monaco SIDA, Montecarlo, Monaco, Curator: Giuliana Scimé.
1998
FOTOGRAFICA 98, International photography exhibition in Oderzo, Treviso.
1997
MODA E GIOIELLI “uniti nella lotta all’Aids”, Triennale Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan.

FAIR AND EVENTS
2019
FOTOFEVER PARIS - Les Femmes de la Lune, Expowall Gallery, Milan.
UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, Round table "Les Femmes de la Lune".
UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, Milano Digital Week, Conference "Blockchain e fotografia".
MIA PHOTOFAIR - Pleasure Garden, Podbielsky Contemporary.
2018
MIA PHOTOFAIR - Corp à Corp, Glenda Cinquegrana Art Consulting.
2017
MIA PHOTOFAIR - Pattern Geometrico, Mia proposal.

GUEST LECTURES
2019
TRIENNALE DI MILANO - AFIP International, "La bellezza del dettaglio".
UNIVERSITY OF MILAN - Department of Aesthetics, "L’estetica, la bellezza".

2018 - Corpo e Anima - L'arte nei dettagli, ebook, curated by Nicoletta Salvatori and Alessandro Bonalume, PhotoGallery, Simonelli Editore

2017- Pattern Geometrico, preface by Maurizio Rebuzzini

1996 - Dettagli, curated by Giuliana Scimé, Mazzotta Fotografia

1994 - Femmes Extrêmes, Avritempore Edizioni

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.