Gabriele Basilico began photographing in the early 1970s. His first photography job in Milan was Milano ritratti di fabbriche 1978-80, a very large task to look at the industrial suburbs of Milan. Since then, Gabriele Basilico produced and took part in many projects in Italy and overseas such as Bord de mer (1984-85), Beirut (1991), Sezioni del paesaggio Italiano (1998), Interrupted City (1999), Silicon Valley (2007), Mosca Verticale (2007-08). He always brought together his untiring photographical inquiries into morphology and the transformation of cities and modern landscapes with lectures, courses, and talks.