Alcune Nature Morte or
The Game of Life

Gianluca Muratori
& Martha Ronk

Gianluca Muratori was born in 1964 in Formigine, near Modena, Italy. He began his career as a photographer in 1983, and since 1990 his photographs have been shown in personal and group shows in Bologna, Modena, Rimini, Paris and Rome. As a fashion and commercial photographer he has worked for Nike, Mandarin Duck, Armani, Stone Island, Maria Grazia Severi, Messori and Casucci, among others, as well as publishing his photos in various Italian and international magazines such as Vogue, Men’s Health, Style, Corriere della Sera, Moda and Esquire. He lives and works in Modena.

Martha Ronk is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently a book on photographs, Ocular Proof. Her collection, Transfer of Qualities, was longlisted for the National Book Award and named an NPR notable book in 2013. Vertigo (Coffee House), influenced by W. G. Sebald's work of the same name, was selected for the 2007 National Poetry Series. Her book, Silences, was published by Omnidawn in 2019.