Oliver Lewis Gagliani was an American photographer, and educator.
10 Facts About Oliver Gagliani
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Oliver Gagliani was a master of large format photography, darkroom technique, and the Zone System.
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Oliver Gagliani is best known for his beautiful and haunting black-and-white photographs of ghost towns of the southwest.
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Oliver Gagliani intended to become a professional musician and studied the violin for ten years.
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Oliver Gagliani served in the United States Army during World War II, and as a result he sustained hearing loss and was no longer able to pursue music.
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From 1949 until 1958, Oliver Gagliani had tuberculosis and periodically spent time in the sanitarium.
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Oliver Gagliani earned an MFA degree in Photography from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1973.
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Oliver Gagliani studied under and worked with some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century including, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Paul Caponigro, Cole Weston, Paul Strand, Ruth Bernhard.
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Oliver Gagliani enjoyed sharing his knowledge and in his later years conducted photographic workshops, the Oliver Gagliani Zone System and Fine Print Photography Workshops, in Virginia City, Nevada.
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Oliver Gagliani is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.