title: Chiara Samugheo
text: # Chiara Samugheo
  
  Chiara Samugheo (25 March 1935 – 13 January 2022) was an Italian neorealist photographer and photojournalist.
  
  ## Life and work
  
  Samugheo was born in Bari, Italy. She was known as the first female professional photographer in Italy. She photographed film stars and celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s there.
  
  Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and is archived at the Centre des études et Archives de la Communication (CSAC) of University of Parma.
  
  She died in Bari on 13 January 2022, at the age of 86.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Costumi di Sardegna (1982)
  * Sardegna nel Sinis
  * Stelle di carta (1984)
  * O dolce mio (1985)
  * Lucca e la Lucchesia
  * Vanità sarda
  * Vicenza e Palladio
  * Sardegna, quasi un continente
  * I Nebrodi
  * Bacco in Sardegna
  * Natura magica della Sardegna
  * Le corti del verde
  * Al cinema con le stelle
  * Il reale e l'effimero
  * Cento dive
  * Cento anni di cinema
  * Carnaval de Rio
  
  ## Collections
  
  Samugheo's work is held in the following permanent collection:
  
  * Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  