Antonio de Luca (artist)

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]

Antonio de Luca
Born
Antonio Enrico de Luca

(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975 (age 49)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationOCAD University
Known forCreative direction, art direction, editorial design, long-form journalism
Notable workSelf Publish, Be Happy, Five Dials, The Walrus
AwardsArt 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
Websitewww.antoniodeluca.com

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]

Publications

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  • Self Publish Be Naughty. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2011.
  • American Photography 27. 2012. ISBN 978-1-886212-36-7.
  • Geneva Test by Adrien Guillet. 2012. ISBN 978-2-9700713-6-5.
  • SPBH Vol I by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2012.
  • SPBH Vol. II by Brad Feuerhelm. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2012.
  • SPBH Vol. III by Cristina De Middel. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2013.
  • Occupy São Paulo by Carlos Cazalis. ISBN 978-3-86828-400-3, 2013.
  • SPBH Vol. IV by Mariah Robertson. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2013.
  • Fire in Cairo by Matthew Connors. SPBH Editions, London, 2015.

References

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  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. ^ [1], Time's Best of 2012: The Photobooks We Loved by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
  7. ^ [2] 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.
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