Antonio de Luca (artist)

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Antonio de Luca
Born
Antonio Enrico de Luca

(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975 (age 47)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Education OCAD University
Known for Creative direction, art direction, editorial design, long-form journalism
Notable work Self Publish, Be Happy, Five Dials , The Walrus
Awards Art Directors Club, Society of Publication Design, Society for News Design, Time , The Guardian , Photo-Eye, American Illustration - American Photography, Communication Arts , Advertising & Design Club of Canada, Canadian National Magazine Awards
Website www.antoniodeluca.com

Antonio de Luca (born August 24, 1975) is a Canadian creative director and photobook designer based in New York. He is an assistant editor and visual columnist at The New York Times . [1]

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In 2010 de Luca partnered with Bruno Ceschel's organisation Self Publish, Be Happy [2] as art director to design, promote and publish self-published photobooks. In 2013 he became the art director and designer of Five Dials [3] a digital literary magazine published in London by Hamish Hamilton.

As art director for Self Publish, Be Happy de Luca was awarded Best Photography Books of 2012 by The Guardian , [4] The Best Books of 2012 by Photo-Eye [5] and Time's Best of 2012: The Photobooks We Loved. [6] He has also curated Follow Me [7] for Either/And commissioned by The National Media Museum London, on humankind's desire to follow.

De Luca is the founder and curator of an international illustration exhibition called The 100 $HOW™. [8]

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References

  1. "Antonio de Luca". The New York Times .
  2. Self Publish, Be Happy
  3. Five Dials
  4. O'Hagan, Sean (1 December 2012). "Best photography books of 2012". London: The Guardian . Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. Photo-Eye, Photo-Eye - The Best Books of 2012. SPBH Vol. I by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin & Vol. II by Brad Feuerhelm.
  6. , Time's Best of 2012: The Photobooks We Loved by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
  7. Either/And for The National Media Museum London
  8. Peggy Roalf, "The 100 $HOW Comes to Portland", American Illustration - American Photography, 2 February 2012. Accessed 10 December 2017.