About the Author

Gabriele Croppi (1974) is a photography graduate of Milan's Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, working both as a photographer and video maker. His research focuses on the relationship between photography and other arts, including painting, literature, film, and architecture. Croppi has received international awards like the European Photo Exhibition Award (2012), International Photography Awards (2012, 2013), and Golden Camera Award (2013). His images have been shown in several exhibitions around the world and are found in private and public collections. He lives in Italy and is based in Milan, where he works in publishing and teaches at the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia. Owner of Hamburg Kennedy Photographs and Picture This Publications, Marla Hamburg Kennedy is a leading dealer, consultant, advisor and major collector of 20th and 21st century photography, painting and sculpture. With 30 years experience in the fields of fine art, photography, contemporary art and publishing, Ms. Hamburg Kennedy was previously the Director of the Howard Greenberg Gallery, Vice President of the art e-commerce site Onview.com, and managing Partner of Kennedy Boesky Photographs until starting Hamburg Kennedy Photographs in 2004. After earning degrees in Art History from Columbia University and completing graduate studies in photographic history at New York University, Ms. Hamburg Kennedy has organized scores of contemporary art and photographic exhibitions around the world's eminent leading culture capitals and institutions, including one of the world's largest photographic exhibitions of images of Marilyn Monroe. In recent years Marla curated a large show from her personal collection entitled Fashion Photography From The 20th Century at the Shinsegae Department Store in Seoul South Korea. Marla is now curating a large show in Korea on the nude in photography.