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The photographs of Pippo Delbono, recent recipient of the Ubu Award for lifetime achievement, are a living part of his creative process. The images are taken during performances, tours, and travels: cities and landscapes become temporary stage sets.
In this selection of 28 images, theatre expands until it coincides with the world.
The camera becomes an extension of the stage gaze.
His way of photographing is not documentary: the images do not seek perfection or balance, but embrace displacement, blur and unexpected framing. It is the same gaze as in his theatre, where form arises from expressive urgency rather than structured composition.
Bodies, faces, statues, and reflections intertwine in a single flow, where the human and the inanimate constantly meet. Even figures such as Lou Reed or Tilda Swinton become presences among others, bodies listening to the world.
At the center is Bobò: a gaze that holds together fragility and wonder, turning these images into an intimate diary of travel and encounter, between stage and life.
IN SHORT
The photographs of Pippo Delbono are taken during performances and travels, where theatre opens onto the world. In 28 images, an essential and irregular gaze transforms people and objects encountered into an intimate diary between life and theatre.
Curated by Simone Azzoni
Photographs by Pippo Del Bono
Production Grenze-Arsenali Fotografici
Pippo Del Bono is an artist, director, and actor, among the most influential and radical figures in contemporary theatre. Born in Varazze in 1959, he founded his company in the early 1980s, bringing productions such as Il tempo degli assassini, Barboni, La rabbia, and Dopo la battaglia to major theatres and festivals in over fifty countries.
His work is based on encounters with people on the margins of society and on continuous experimentation with body, voice, and stage presence, creating works that combine theatre, dance, music, and cinema.
He has received numerous awards, including the Premio Ubu in 1997 for Barboni, the Premio Ubu 2011 for Dopo la battaglia, and the David di Donatello in 2004 for the documentary Guerra. In 2025 he received the Premio Ubu for lifetime achievement.
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