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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nOreste Pipolo, the photographer who captured the soul of Naples<\/p>\n
Among the great protagonists of Italian photography in the second half of the 20th century, Oreste Pipolo<\/strong> holds a special place. Born in Naples in 1949, he transformed wedding photography into an authentic social narrative, becoming one of the most original interpreters of Neapolitan culture and traditions.<\/p>\n In the seventies, he opened his studio in the center of Naples and specialized in wedding services. The celebrated photographer Ferdinando Scianna<\/span><\/span> He nicknamed him \u201cthe bride's shaman,\u201d recognizing Pipolo's ability to go beyond simple ceremony photography. His images told stories of emotions, rituals, and aspects of Neapolitan society with an unmistakable style.<\/p>\n His shots coexist with irony, theatricality, and humanity. From working-class neighborhoods to the most lavish parties, Pipolo has documented a vibrant and contrasting city for decades, creating a precious visual archive of contemporary Naples.<\/p>\n His\/Her\/Their figure inspired the documentary \u201cOreste Pipolo, wedding photographer\u201d<\/strong>, made in 1998 by director Matteo Garrone<\/span><\/span>. Later, the film \u201cThe Wedding Planner\u201d<\/strong> Of Marco Bellocchio<\/span><\/span> taking inspiration precisely from his story.<\/p>\n Having passed away in 2015, Oreste Pipolo continues to be a benchmark for generations of photographers. Numerous exhibitions and initiatives have celebrated his work, including the exhibition \u201cPipolo: 50 Years of Marriage History in Naples\u201d<\/em>, dedicated to his extraordinary photographic archive.<\/p>\n More than just a wedding photographer, Oreste Pipolo was a chronicler of daily life. Through his lens, he captured the dreams, traditions, and faces of an authentic Naples, leaving behind an artistic and cultural legacy of great value.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oreste Pipolo, il fotografo che ha raccontato l\u2019anima di Napoli Tra i grandi protagonisti della fotografia italiana del secondo Novecento, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[764],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mondoarteefotografia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11153,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11150\/revisions\/11153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoworld.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The \u201cbride's photographer\u201d<\/h2>\n
A narrator of the most authentic Naples<\/h2>\n
Cinema and Awards<\/h2>\n
A legacy still alive<\/h2>\n