<strong>Michele Zaza</strong> (born in Molfetta, 1948) is one of the most authoritative and original figures in <strong>Italian conceptual art</strong> and international photography of the second half of the 20th century. His research, initiated in the early 1970s, is distinguished by a philosophical and anthropological inquiry that utilizes the photographic medium not merely as a tool for documentation, but as a space for the revelation of being and the sacred. Trained at the <strong>Brera Academy of Fine Arts</strong> in Milan, where he attended the sculpture course led by <strong>Marino Marini</strong>, Zaza graduated in 1971. This plastic background is fundamental to understanding his production: while choosing photography and video, his work maintains a strong volumetric and spatial quality. The body and the face become "sculptures of light" and territories for existential exploration.

<strong>Debut and international recognition</strong>

Zaza’s debut on the art scene took pl...