GIOVANNI  LATTANZI
Photographer & Journalist

 

 

 

 

Giovanni Lattanzi, was born in Teramo, 13th august 1964. Lives in Giulianova (TE), via Milano 21

Journalist since 1991.

Professional photographer since 1991.

OHe is specializing in archaeology and art. He work for magazines and books, photographing and writing about monuments, churchs, traditions, castles, villages, archaeology, museums, fine art and landscape.

He works for italian and foreign magazines, producing photos and stories, for agencies and book makers, and for National Geographic Magazine as assistant in Italy.

Languages spoken: English (fluent), Spanish and French (base)

PORTFOLIO

Main Professional Experiences

 

 

Since 1992 is photographer and reporter for the italian magazine ARCHEO

Since 1996 is contributing editor and photographer from Italy for ARCHAEOLOGY magazine (USA) AIA (American Institute of Archaeology).

Owner of the website ArchArt, on-line image collection about art and archeology.

From march 1997 to june 2002 have been photographer and editor dof the magazine ABC Abruzzo Beni Culturali.

Since 2000 is photographer for the pubblisher CARSA (Pe)

Have been photographer and editor (1994-2002) for Archeoclub d'Italia (Ente Morale con D.P.R.). He realized the pictures for ANTIQUA magazine, and in particular, for the special issue (1997) about Pompeii.
From january 2002 to june 2002 have been webmaster of the official WEBsite of the association.

Main photographer and journalist  experiences


 

Wors, (or worked, if the magazines ended pubblishing) with the following magazines:

National Geographic Magazine (USA), National Geographic Italia,
SUB, GULLIVER, FOCUS, Adesso (Germania), DISCOVER (USA), Archeologia Viva, AIRONE, AD magazine (Olanda), Bell'Italia, D'Abruzzo, AQVA, Il Subacqueo,
MEDIOEVO, QUI TOURING, Il Fotografo, Mondo Sommerso,
ALISEI, Anna, Il VENERDI di Repubblica, ATLANTE, MINERVA (UK), Epoca (Brasile), Boston Globe (USA), Biblical Archaeology Review (USA), Archaeology Odissey (USA)
ILLUSTRERET VINDENSKAB (Danimarca), Vivere (Germania), Partiamo, Corriere dello Sport

in particular have been:

# co-author special issue
Bell'Italia about Ascoli Piceno province (febbruary 1998)
# photographer for
Archeologia Viva magazine from 1991 to 1995
# editor of pages about underwater archaeology on the
Aqva and Mondo Sommerso magazines
# photographer for
D'Abruzzo magazine from 1995 to 1998

His pictures have been used on the following WEBsites:

# inAbruzzo, www.inabruzzo.it
# museo dell'Abruzzo Bizantino ed Altomedievale di Crecchio.
# regione Abruzzo / settore turismo.

His pictures are sold by:

CARSA Spa - Pescara

Worked as consultant for National Geographic Magazine's photographers:

Lou O. Mazzatenta
James Stanfield

With Mazzatenta worked on Italy's Art Endangered Treasures story (august 1999) and is working again about a new story.

Works (creating images for books and guides) with italian and foreign pubblishers:

 

# Treccani (Roma)
# Erma di Bretschneider (Roma)
# TIME - LIFE Books Inc. (USA)
# Menabò (Ortona)
# CARSA (Pescara)
# Deltagrafica (Teramo)
# Itinerari (Lanciano)

As photographer worked for:

# STAS (Servizio Tecnico per l' Archeologia Subacquea del Ministero per i Beni Culturali)
# several italian Soprintendenze Archeologiche
# Butrin Foundation

He realizes images for  commercial cutomers as:

# Parchi Val di Cornia spa (Piombino),
# Erma di Bretschneider
# Provincia di Ascoli Piceno
# Rizziero Arte (Teramo, Bologna),
# gruppo Di Vincenzo Costruzioni (Pescara)

Books and guides

 

 

 

Books and guides
(photographer)

# Teramo di W.Mazzitti, Deltagrafica (Te) 1995,
# Abruzzo, Giubileo tra fede e arte. Editrice Itinerari (Lanciano), 1999
# Abruzzo, una storia da scoprire, CARSA (Pe), 2001
# Musei e siti archeologici d'Abruzzo e Molise, CARSA 2001
# Guida a Tortoreto, CARSA 2002
# Guida alla Media valle dell'Aterno, CARSA 2002

books and guides
(photographer co-author)

# Miserere, Menabò (Ortona) 1997
# L'Abbazia di S.Clemente a Casauria, CARSA 1997
# L'Abruzzo sulla via del Giubileo, Menabò (Ortona) 1999
# Il complesso della SS. Annunziata in Sulmona, CARSA 2000
# La chiesa romanica di S.Maria Maggiore a Pianella, CARSA 2000
# Eremi d'Abruzzo, CARSA 2000
# Guida ai castelli d'Abruzzo, CARSA 2000
# Guardiagrele, guida storico artistica alla città e dintorni, CARSA 2000
# Scanno, guida storico artistica alla città e dintorni, CARSA 2001
# Guida turistica d'Abruzzo, CARSA 2001
# Atlante dei Castelli d'Abruzzo, CARSA 2002

in particular for TIME - LIFE Books Inc. (USA) realized some images used on the books:
# Lost Civilizations, Rome: echoes of imperial glory,
# Lost Civilizations, Estruscans: Italy's lovers of life,
# What life was like in the age of Rome

calendars
(photographer)

# Provincia di Teramo 2000
# Comune di Giulianova 2000, 2001, 2002
# CARSA 2001, 2002, 2003
# Comune de L'Aquila 2001, 2002
# Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Abruzzo 2002
# Atlantide, i Luoghi dello Spirito A.D. 2003
# C.N.A. 2003

Other professional activities

Projects of CD roms

Projects of WEB sites and internet magazines

Consultant in digital images

Consultant for pubblishers

Copy writing for advertising

Ghost writing
for politics

# realized images and project of the CD ROM Pompei Images, made with Erma di Bretschneider (Roma)

# realized the images (including VRMLs) and the project of official Cd Rom ufficiale about the Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata