Gabriele Basilico was an Italian photographer who defined himself as ‘a measurer of space’. He was born in Milan, Italy in 1944. He is a well known European documentary photographer. He was training as an architect when he first began photographing architecture and urban spaces.

In 1991 he participated in a photographic project on war-torn Bierut, with a group of international photographers. In 1944, Gottardo foundation Gallery presented a review on the past 15 years of Basilicos photography. This travelled several major European museums. In June 2002 he was awarded the prize for the years best photography book.

Basilico exhibited his works from Rio and Shanghia taken during 2010 and 2011 at Galerie Anne Barrault in 2012. Gabriele Basilico later died in 2013 at age 68.