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Carlo Riccardi, born in Olevano Romano on 3 October 1926 and died in Rome on 13 December 2022, was an important Italian photographer, photojournalist and painter. He began working as a retoucher in a photo-painting studio in Rome and subsequently, in 1944, followed the American troops to Naples. Read the full biography

Carlo Riccardi, born in Olevano Romano on 3 October 1926 and died in Rome on 13 December 2022, was an important Italian photographer, photojournalist and painter. He began working as a retoucher in a photo-painting studio in Rome and subsequently, in 1944, followed the American troops to Naples. His photographic career lasted over seventy years and documented social life, the economy, the union, life in the fields and the Italian "dolce vita". He has immortalized celebrities such as Greta Garbo, the Beatles and politicians such as Giorgio Napolitano. He created several photography exhibitions around the world, including permanent "Dolce Vita" ones in Paris and Beijing. In 1960 he founded the magazine "Vip Very Important Person" and in the 1980s the Accademia del Risorgimento and the Accademia Nuova Aurora. As a painter, Riccardi painted on various surfaces and created several maxi canvases, works of which he exhibited in various cities in Italy and around the world. He died at the age of 96, leaving behind a photographic heritage of approximately three million original negatives.