Frank Dituri divides his time between Italy and New York. He is a photographer who likes to transform the obvious into images that border on uncertainty and mystery. Dituri was an art professor at Long Island University C.W. Post in New York and is currently in the art department of the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence Italy. He has also been a teaching artist for the LTA program at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He is represented by Fran Kaufman Art Advisory in New York City.
His work is continuously exhibited worldwide in many fine art museums and galleries such as the Venice Biennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni Rome, the Hudson River Museum New York, Galerie Seine 51 Paris, Sirius Aidem Photo Gallery Tokyo, CONTEXT Miami, Florida, Palazzo Ducale Gubbio Italy, Centre of Contemporary Art New Zealand, Moscow MOMA, and he has participated in three group LTA (Learning Through Art) shows in the Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Plus he has shown in numerous universities: NYU East Galleries New York, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts Hangzhou China, Universitá di Roma La Sapienza Rome, Stephen F. Austin State University Texas and Academie Des Beaux Arts De Tamines Belgium.
Frank Dituri’s photos can be found in important collections, including the Pushkin Museum of Art Moscow, La Bibliothèque Nationale de France Paris, the Alternative Museum New York, and Das Stâdttische Kramer-Museum Kempen Germany. His images have been included in many prestigious international publications, including the New York Times, Harpers Magazine, Zoom Magazine, Nippon Camera, La Repubblica and the Corriere Della Sera.
In the 1960’s Dituri started taking pictures in the streets of New York. By the 80’s he began seeing human figures as visual “bookmarks” formally defining his vision. Often buried childhood experiences began resurfacing in many of his images. Plus his work became increasingly concerned with spirituality and nature. Though a photographer, the artworks of painters like Giorgio De Chirico, Piero della Francesca and Edward Hopper have greatly informed Dituri’s vision, especially through the strength of their perspective, staging, and mystery. Another early influence was Japanese-American poet, Soichi Furuta, who inspired him to use the word as a point of departure.
Frank Dituri vive tra l’Italia e New York. È un fotografo a cui piace trasformare l’ovvio in immagini incerte, indefinite e misteriose. È stato membro dell’università C. W. Post di Long Island in New York e lavora attualmente al dipartimento d’arte della Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in Italia. Inoltre è stato un artista insegnante per il programma LTA del Guggenheim Museum di New York. Le sue opere d'arte sono rappresentate dall'agenzia Fran Kaufman Art Advisory di New York.
Il lavoro di Dituri è esibito a livello mondiale in musei e gallerie di belle arti, come la Biennale di Venezia; l’Hudson River Museum di New York, la Galerie Seine 51 di Parigi, la Sirius Aidem Photo Gallery di Tokyo, il Centre of Contemporary Art della Nuova Zelanda, il Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma, il MOMA di Mosca, Art Miami / CONTEXT di Miami, Palazzo Ducale di Gubbio (PG), Galerie Vivant di Tokyo; e ha partecipato a tre esibizioni (Learning Through Art) del Guggenheim Museum di New York. E molte altre gallerie e musei in tutto il mondo.
Le opere di Dituri possono essere ritrovate in collezioni importanti, come quella del Pushkin Museum of Fine Art di Mosca, della Bibliothèque National de France di Parigi, dell’Alternative Museum di New York, del Das Städtische Kramer-Museum di Kempen in Germania. Le sue immagini sono state recensite e mostrate in prestigiose pubblicazioni internazionali tra cui il New York Times, l’Harpers Magazine, il Zoom Magazine, la Repubblica, e il Corriere della Sera.
Nel tempo, il suo lavoro si è avvicinato sempre più alla spiritualità e alla natura. La sua estetica è fortemente ispirata ai lavori di pittori come Giorgio de Chirico, Piero della Francesca e Edward Hopper, specialmente per quanto riguarda la forza della prospettiva, la messa in scena e il tocco di mistero. Un influsso recente viene dal poeta nippo-americano Soichi Furuta, che gli ha insegnato ad usare la parola come punto di partenza.
Public Collections:
Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia
The Lanfranco Colombo Collection, Galleria Il Diaframma, Milano, Italy
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Das Stâdttische Kramer-Museum, Kempen, Germany
Kasnoyarsk City Museum, Kasnoyarsk, Russia
Galerie Plastik Hoøice , Czech Republic
Inage Civic Gallery, Chiba City, Japan
Chung Cheng National Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Museum Valcavallina Casazza (BG), Italy
Cento Internnazionale for Photography, Barrea, Italy
Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Hudson River Museum of Westchester, NY
The Photographic Collection of the Galleria Civica Di Modena
Exhibition Palace, Rome, Italy
Spilimbergo (CRAF), Center for Research and Archiving Photographic
Galleria Civica Torre Avogadro, Lumezzane (BS), Italy
National Museum of Abruzzo, Aquila, Italy
International Photographic Image, Cagliari, Italy
National Museum Of Photography, Brescia, Italy
Tuscany Photo Festival, Massa Marittima, Italy
Commune of Rivisondoli, (iconologies in the making), Abruzzo, Italy
Castello Ducale, Crecchio , Abruzzo, Italy
Castello Bonoris, Montichiari, Brescia, Italy
Centro Cultural Services, Penne, Abruzzo, Italy
Cento Studies Pier Paolo Pasolini, Casarsa (Friuli), Italy
Cento Internnazionale for Photography, Barrea, Italy
Norman Castle, Sannicandro di Bari, Italy
Corporate Collections:
Olympus Photo Company Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Yonkers Contracting, International Headquarters, New York
ICAM, Montichiari (BS), Italy
Fotolito Express, (PD), Italy
University / Schools Collections:
Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Academie Des Beaux Arts De Tamines, Tamines, Belgium
NCTU Museum / Gallery, National Chiao Tung University Hsingchu, Taiwan
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington
Silpakorn Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
University of Rome (La Sapienza), Italy
MIFAV, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
University of Fine Arts, Brescia, Italy
International Gallery of Graphics, Venice, Italy
Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy