Photography Exhibition “IMAGINARY CITIES”
IMAGINARY CITIES 8th edition Online Photography Exhibition 2025, CATEGORY SINGLE
CATEGORY : SINGLE
Author: Daniel Bellman
Country: USA
Title: “City of Layers”
Place: New York City
Description: A string of skyscrapers appears to be erected on a vacant platform of raw concrete, which in turn is supported by a row of pillars lined above a mass of rocks. The optical illusion created by the perspective reveals in a single image the unseen layers of architectural intervention over the environment from the ground up, both in space and time: from the rough rocky terrain at the bottom, to the construction site in the middle, all the way up to the sleek modern structures jutting out in the sky..
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.danimbel.com/
Daniel Bellman, City of Layers
Author: Rozafa Shpuza
Country: Albania
Title: "The city holding me hostage"
Place: Shkoder, Albania
Description: My soul wanders through Shkodra, climbing on the concrete skeletons and reflecting in the windows where the city breathes. My face is nothing more than a passing shadow on the walls, but it becomes one with them – a fragile sign that blends with the roads, bicycles and sidewalks. In every reflex I see how the city makes room for me within itself: it holds me hostage as a memory, and at the same time frees me to disperse among light and shadow. Shkodra is not only the scene I pass through, but the photograph itself where every step and every glance of mine remains engraved.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rozafashpuza/
Rozafa Shpuza, The city holding me hostage
Author: Klevisa Bardeli
Country: Albania
Title: “The city that haunts me“
Place: Shkodër
Description: A city that seems familiar, but the shadows tell a different story. Everything is there: memories, streets, roots intertwined in a web of invisible sensations. The buildings are the same, but the eyes that see them have changed. The shadows speak more than the lights. This is not just an urban landscape, it is a clash between the past and the present, between what was and what remains within us. Everything seems real, but nothing is certain. The buildings, the branches, the shadows, all are silent voices of a nameless memory.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k.bardeli_art
Klevisa Bardeli, The city that haunts me
Author: Daniele Longobardi
Country: Italy
Title: “The right time and place“
Place: Lille, France
Description: The City and Signs. Many people believe that in the coordinate system of the world there is a perfect point where time and place come to an agreement.
Links of the author:
Website: http://danielelongobardi.eu/
Daniele Longobardi, The right time and place
Author: Cristina Fontsare
Country: Spain
Title: “Blue Journal“
Place: Vic-Barcelona
Description: The picture was taken from my bedroom window, years ago when I was suffering from insomnia. I was living in a cold foggy town and dreaming to live elsewhere.
Links of the author:
Website https://www.cristinafontsare.com
Cristina Fontsare, Blue Journal
Author: Andrzej Ziółkowski
Country: Polska
Title: “Souls in Transit“
Place: Wroclaw
Description: The photo was taken from the gallery of the beautiful historic railroad station e Wroclaw.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrzej.zet_my.point.of.view/
Andrzej Ziolkowski, Souls in Transit
Author: Alketa Misja
Country: Albania
Title: “City and Desire“
Place: Tower DownTown One , Tirana
Description: DownTown One Tower is a 37 floors building of 140 metres, the tallest in Tirana, which can be seen from any point in the city. The project features a pixaleted image in the main façade, composed of a series of cantilevered offices, each representing a city in the map of Albania. The building is part of a group of distinctive projects designed by international firms, with the aim to change the image of the city into a modern European capital and as an architecture destination.
“… But with all this, I would not be telling you the city’s true essence; for while the description of Anastasia awakens desires one at a time only to force you to stifle them, when you are in the heart of Anastasia one morning your desires waken all at once and surround you. The city appears to you as a whole where no desire is lost and of which you are a part, and since it enjoys everything you do not enjoy, you can do nothing but inhabit this desire and be content. Such is the power, sometimes called malignant, sometimes benign, that Anastasia, the treacherous city, possesses; if for eight hours a day you work as a cutter of agate, onyx, chrysoprase, your labor which gives form to desire takes from desire its form, and you believe you are enjoying Anastasia wholly when you are only its slave.” Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Links of the author
Website: https://www.alketamisja.com/
Alketa Misja, City and Desire
Author: Nataliya Petkova
Country: Canada
Title: "The space of mine"
Place: Canada
Description: Backyard artifice
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Website: http://www.nataliyapetkova.com/
Nataliya Petkova, The Space of Mine
Author: Andrea Gluckman
Country: United States
Title: "Cashel 2"
Place: Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Description: The Rock of Cashel sits at the nexus of imaginary and historic life, legends and lore mixing with ancient histories in the Irish countryside. This tintype image of the Rock of Cashel was crafted to denote the historic relic of the physical structure, while texture, blur, and grain obscure the details. Such is the way history works in human imagination--memory with a skeleton, but an opaque and suggestive veneer. Life always continues in ruins, as the cashel demonstrates.
Links of the author:
Website: http://www.aspexiimages.com
Andrea Gluckman, Cashel 2
CATEGORY SERIES
Photography Exhibition “IMAGINARY CITIES”
IMAGINARY CITIES, 8-th Edition Online Photography Exhibition 2025. CATEGORY SERIES
CATEGORY: SERIES
Author: Fahredin Spahija
Country: Kosovo
Title of Series: “Winter”
Place: Prishtina
Description: Winter is shrouding this imaginary city in silence. The sights that appear through the steamed glass are dim, like memories that have never been experienced. The light breaks in the white mist, while the silhouettes of people move slowly. The footprints on the snow are quickly erased, as if they want to preserve the mystery of those who have passed there. This city does not speak with sound, but with feeling – a mixture of inner warmth and outer cold, of reality and dream. In this winter landscape, anything is possible, everything is just imagination…
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Author: Christian Lorenz
Country: Germany
Title of Series: “Different Light - A City in Infrared“
Place: Leipzig, Germany
Description: The series shows places in the city of Leipzig captured with an infrared-modified camera. This method reduces the available colors in the picture and has the highest effect on green plants, which shine bright and colorful in the final images.
Title 1: Cloud. This photo shows a single fluffy cloud over a major building with structured metal and glass fassade. The reduction of colors increased the contrast of straight man-made and natural, organic shapes.
Title 2: Boat. Leipzig's south has wonderful channelsm, also leading directly alognside of major buildings. These three ladies were enjoying themselves in a boat on a bright summer day. I especially liked that each of the ladies wore the same hat.
Title 3: Lollipop. The photo shows the city's archive. The round trees in front appear like giant lollipops and build a strong contrats to the rectilinear architecture.
Title 4: Monument. Europe's highest monument is located in Leipzig and remembers to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. The lake in front mirrors the monument whereas the deposits on the water's surface appear like stars in the night sky.
Links of the author:
Website:http://randomcitylights.net
Author: Maria Laura Strini
Country: Italy
Title of Series: “Istanbul Layers“
Place: Istanbul
Description: Istanbul is the experience of a multitude of layers, sensations, people and traditions, shapes and colors, activities, goods, and natural elements, that meet, merge, run parallels, create geometries that overlap with those of the city. Istanbul is land, sea, then again land and sea together. The intent of this series is to convey the idea of Istanbul as a layered imaginary city. I took all the photos in Istanbul in April 2025, with a Fujifilm XT-20, using the double exposure technique. The description of each photo is an extract from the Invisible cities:
Title 1. Eminonu Square from the Galata bridge. “It is pointless to determine whether Zenobia is to be classified among the happy cities or among the unhappy ones. It is not into these two categories that it makes sense to divide the cities, but into two others: those that continue through the years and mutations to give their shape to desires and those in which desires either succeed in erasing the city or are erased from it.”
Title 2. Sultanahmet Mosque. ”Andria was built with such art that each of its streets runs following the orbit of a planet and the buildings and places of common life repeat the order of the constellation and the position of the brightest stars.”
Title 3. Sirkeci Station, Orient Express last stop. “Cities like dreams are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules absurd, perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals another.”
Title 4. Bosphorus ferry. ”Cities like dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamt, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus hiding either a desire or its reverse, a fear. Cities like dreams are built of desires and fears.”
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Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/emmellestrini
Author: Elisa Villaverde
Country: Italy
Title of Series: “La somma”
Place: Torino
Description: The work is a reflection that starts from a quote from Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities": It is the desperate moment in which we discover that this empire that seemed to us the sum of all wonders is an endless and formless ruin.
Italo Calvino's words sparked a project born from the desire to photographically express what the city is for me, a place that simultaneously attracts and repels me. The reference to Calvino's enigmatic world motivated the creation of this project, inspiring me to develop a photographic language capable of arousing questions and ambiguity in viewers. This black-and-white photographic project focuses on urban details, geometries,
and the marks left by man, using close-up and sometimes top-down perspectives to create a cyclical tension throughout the sequence. I wanted to capture moments of disharmony and ambiguity, such as the crack in the concrete caused by roots, the black hole in the asphalt, or the black stain formed behind a glass window, which almost seems to suggest the figure of a black hole intent on attracting you. These images are intended to evoke a dissonant sense of disorientation, reflecting the complex emotions associated with life in a big city.
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Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ilmondo_e_infinito/
Author: Betty Goh
Country: Singapore
Title of Series: “Subconscious“
Place: Singapore
Description: In the city’s restless rhythm, we drift between awareness and absence. Subconscious captures fleeting moments shaped by pressure, disconnection, movement, and memory. This series reflects the tension between our forward-driven lives and the emotions we suppress beneath—what we miss, what follows us, and what flickers through unnoticed. Beneath neon lights and shifting shadows, the subconscious speaks.
"In Between": In the heart of the city, people move through layers of light and shadow—unsure, in‑between, quietly searching for meaning amidst the noise.
"Under Pressure" : Beneath the city’s surface, pressure builds. We walk fast, breathe shallow—haunted by unseen weights, trapped in a rhythm we can’t escape.
"Neon Pulse" : Motion sparks through concrete veins. In this neon storm, life surges forward—unrelenting, alive, unstoppable.
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Author: Polina Schneider
Country: Deutschland
Title of Series: “Bench Mensch“
Place: Hannover
Description: This photo series was taken during the first Corona lockdown period in Hanover between March and June 2020. During this time I often looked out the living room window and had observed that the bench across the street quickly transformed to some center of social life of my neighborhood: Friends, acquaintances, newly in love, parents with children, children without parents - everyone met at this very bench and spent there either a few brief moments, or sometimes even a whole evening; sitting, talking, walking around in circles, putting down groceries, playing around, or simply hanging out for reading, smoking or drinking. In June 2020, however, the bench was dismantled due to road works.
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Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/polisnaps/
Author: Alessandro Guzzeloni
Country: Italy
Title of Series: “Still City“
Place: Beijing and Shanghai, PRC
Description: In recent years, China has undergone an unprecedented urban transformation, characterized by rapid development, towering skyscrapers, and sprawling infrastructure. This transformation is most evident in its major cities, each with its unique blend of historical and modern architecture. In large cities, there is a push towards the spectacularization of urban transformations, culminating in the iconic architecture of the 2000s aimed at redefining the image and narrative of contemporary China. The architectural diversity is a visual narrative of China’s complex history and its rapid modernization, and not only documents the physical changes but also offers insights into the cultural and social shifts.
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Website: https://www.aguzz.net/
Author: Lucien Samaha
Country: United States of America
Title of Series: “The World is not a Rectangle“
Place: Switzerland, France, USA
Description: We are trapped in so many conventions in photography and otherwise. We always assume that a photograph is quadrilateral, if not exactly a square or a rectangle. In my pursuit of often looking for new ways to imagine urban spaces, I experiment with various modes of capture and post production. One day I serendipitously discovered that the panoramic stitching feature in Lightroom offered to keep the original stitching without cropping the exterior areas in order to yield what else? a rectangle. Once I learned the nuances of this tool, I began to photograph panoramic landscapes while slightly varying the angle of the camera specifically to produce these non rectangular images.
1) Mulhouse, France
2) Manhattan, NYC, USA
3) Paris, France
4) Geneva, Switzerland
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Website: http://www.luciensamaha.net
CATEGORY SINGLE
Book Presentation and Personal Exhibition “In GJIROKASTRA, climbing and sketching”
On June 23, 2025, at the premises of Tati Space Photography Center, the personal exhibition of architect Andi Papastefani entitled “In GJIROKASTËR by climbing and sketching” was opened. The exhibition is part of the promotion of the author’s book with the same title, which is the third in his series of books…
On June 23, 2025, at the premises of Tati Space Photography Center, the personal exhibition of architect Andi Papastefani entitled “In GJIROKASTËR by climbing and sketching” was opened. The exhibition is part of the promotion of the author’s book with the same title, which is the third in his series of books with urban sketches, the first for the city of Tirana, continuing with the historical city of Berat. In this exhibition, Andi Papastefani presents 64 drawings from the city of Gjirokastra, which are part of his collection of 123 drawings presented in the Book. A 3-year work to identify 90 traditional buildings and 10 urban ensembles, part of the construction and cultural heritage of the city of Gjirokastra, Albania and architecture in general. This book coincides with the 20th anniversary of the City of Gjirokastra's admission to UNESCO and, according to Papastefan, is a homage to the city of silhouettes carved in stone.
By means of architectural sketches, with pencil, pastel, marker, Andi Papastefani manages to scrupulously build a voluminous collection of drawings, scanning 90 traditional buildings of Gjirokastria and 10 ensembles, part of the architrecture heritage. He systematizes the buildings, categorizes them, grouping them into neighborhoods, and like an urban planner describes the features of each of them. He does this in a laconic and concise manner, because he wants the emphasis and attention to remain on the drawings. An important element is the inclusion in the Book of early modernist buildings in Gjirokastra from the 20s-30s, inviting us to open a discussion on the inclusion of this important category in the fund of protected architectural heritage in Albania.
For the Exhibition “In GJIROKASTRA, climbing and sketching” Prof. Pirro Thomo says: “I browse the new album of architect Andi Papastefani on Gjirokastra with interest, but also with curiosity. This stems from the intriguing title itself, “Climbing and sketching”, i.e. wandering through the neighborhoods and alleys of Gjirokastra. What attracted the architect to this city with such a name and fame? How will he convey to the public the urban and architectural values of the city? How will his choices from this city match the prevailing scientific opinion? And at the end of browsing the album, this curiosity completely disappeared. Because, from the Castle, he chose the impressive play of arches and vaults (sketch 7). From the sketches of the inhabited ensembles, the coherence of the urban composition with the dynamism of the terrain clearly emerges (sketch 1, 23, 25, 31, 43). The protective character of the Gjirokastra dwelling has emerged through the monumentality of the Zekat family's dwelling (sketch 46). Not remaining at this stage, the architect has also assessed the evolution of the dwelling towards acquiring new architectural features (sketches 17, 34, etc.). The professional and artistic skills of the anonymous craftsmen occupy a considerable place in the album, such as: the dynamic volumetric composition of the Skendula family's house (sketch 49); the large gates artistically decorated as a symbol of the family's power but also as an invitation to hospitality (sketches 12, 16, 42); the rich interiors and the craftsmanship of wood carving, ceilings, cupboards and doors (sketches 22, 40, etc.). The rafters have not been neglected either, although their function is constructive to support the protruding and heavy roof canopy, they have not lacked elegance and decorative processing (sketches 57, 58, 70, 94). Thanking Andi for this important contribution to the attractive presentation of the architectural heritage, we wish the further continuation of this initiative that has been started.”
In the preface to the book “In Gjirokastra, climbing and sketching”, Ben Andoni writes “Flipping through the book, one becomes curious about a fact: How did its builders managed to avoid the ugly? Surprisingly, unlike us, our ancestors have managed to escape the ugly thanks to some innate and inherited concepts about the beneficial functions of aesthetics.”
While Skënder Luarasi writes “…Andi Papastefani's book on Gjirokastër is itself a drawing in its entirety, in the specific sense mentioned above, as a sequence of wanderings in the Stone City. In this way, the book becomes a psychogeographical map offering starting points for various itineraries, which are nonetheless left to us, the readers, to undertake, complete, retrace, and redraw
About the Author
Andi Papastefani (albanian, 1962) is an architect graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. After a period of architectural designing in Albania, he continued his studies in America for Historic Preservation in Boston Architectural College, and then for Landscape Architecture from Landscape Institute Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is an urban sketcher and instructor. For almost four decades, Andi Papastefani is using sketches as a medium of communication, exploration and documentation.
All photos, Copyright Alketa Misja
The project "In GJIROKASTRA, climbing and sketching" is supported by the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation MEKI
Books by the Author
Photography Exhibition THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE
CATEGORY ARCHITECTURE
THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE Online Photography Exhibitions 7th edition
CATEGORY : ARCHITECTURE
Author: Bia Serranoni
Country: Brasil
Museum Series – Louvre. Location: Paris
Museum Series – MAC. Location: Niteroi /Rio de Janeiro
Museum Series – MAR. Location: Rio de Janeiro
Museum Series – Soumaya. Location: Mexico City
The Museum Series, is based on capturing clippings of the architecture of important museums around the world, whose architecture is a significant part of the city's landscape, which often also characterizes them as a work beyond their function as a space. The series is also intended to highlight what might otherwise go unnoticed by the hurried eye.
Links of the author:
Website:https://biaserranoni.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biaserranonifotografia/
Author: Dan Bucko
Country: USA
Title of Series: “Exoskeleton”
Photo 1: “Curves and Spires”
Photo 2: “Illuminessence and Reflections”
Photo 3: “Layers”
Photo 4: “Sharp Angles”
Place: Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Description: Bathed in the soft glow of reflected light, the Walt Disney Concert Hall rises like a symphony in steel and glass. Its form, a captivating interplay of angles and curves, feels poised to erupt into a crescendo of music. Within its sleek, modern embrace, melodies take flight, a testament to the beauty that resonates both inside and out.
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Website http://buckocreative.com/
Author: Dardan Vukaj
Country: Albania
Title of Series: “Vertical”
Photo 1: Brussels, Quatuor Building, Jaspers-Eyers Architects.
Photo 2: Milano, Generali Tower, arch Zaha Hadid
Photo 3: Milano, Bosco Verticale, arch Stefano Boeri
Photo 4: Milano, Regione Lombardia Tower, arch. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Description: A series of black and white photos that emphasize the verticality of buildings, by highlighting design elements such as rhythm, light-shadow, contrast, the texture of modern materials, futuristic design.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dardanvukaj_archframes/
Author: Josep Sánchez.
Country: Barcelona (Spain).
Title of Series: “The City of Justice”
Place: The City of Justice in Barcelona and Hospitalet de Llobregat.
Description:The City of Justice is the largest and most complex project of the Judicial Infrastructure Plan, carried out by the Department of Justice. It symbolizes the will of the Government to bring justice closer to citizens, modernizing it and making it more comfortable and accessible.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barcelonafotos/
Author: Miles Astray
Country: Germany
Title: “Supersymmetry”
Place: Paris, France
Description: The Francois-Mitterrand Library in Paris is one of the city's lesser-known landmarks and its modern look juxtaposes the city's traditional architecture. It consists of four buildings that are all shaped like open books with two sides (pages) at a 90-degree angle. This low angle creates an apparently infinite symmetry that is symbolic of the building's futuristic nature.
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Website: http://www.milesastray.com/
© Miles Astray, Supersymmetry
Author: Rich Martin
Country: Switzerland
Title: “Shanghai Tower + SWFC”
Place: Shanghai, China
Description: The Shanghai Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the third and twelfth tallest buildings in the world, stand next to each other in Shanghai's Pudong district dominating the area. Capturing these ultra-modern feats of architecture and engineering on vintage cameras and film was my way of exploring the contrast between the future and the past. These two images were shot on Ilford Delta 3200 film using a Pentax 6x7 camera. I developed the film in Ilford DD-X developer, fixed with Ilford Rapid fixer. There was no digital post-processing except dust-speck removal.
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Website: https://developerfluid.net
Author: Stéphane Louis
Country: France
Title: “Rialto Bridge”
Place: Venice, 2020
Description: An image of one of the most photographed building of one of the most photographed cities in the world through a glass.
Links of the author:
Website: www.stephanelouis.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/slouisphotographe
© Stéphane Louis, RialtoBridge Venice 2020
Author: Louise Muscat
Country: Malta
Photo title: “Snowfall In The City”
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: Snow falls on the Nordiska Museet in the city of Stockholm.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisemuscatphoto/
© Louise Muscat, Snowfall In The City
Author: Mariano Pedalino
Country: Italy
Title: “Berlin Karl Marx Allee”
Place: Berlin
Description: The photo is a double exposure of a building on the Karl Marx Allee in Berlin.
The Karl Marx Allee is characterised by buildings constructed in the 1950s, mostly belonging to the current of so-called socialist classicism, and designed on the model of the great cities of the Soviet Union such as Moscow, Kiev, Stalingrad and Leningrad
Website: https://marianopedalino.com/
Instagram: https://marianopedalino.com/
© Mariano Pedalino, Berlin Karl Marx Allee
Author: Helga Bahmer
Country: Hamburg, Germany
Title of Series "Metabolism Berlin"
Description: Metabolism - conversion of the organism foreign substances into substances that are native to the organism. Nature diffuses through the structures and buildings created by human. Concrete, stone and things; people breathe the cities air. My pictures seek an expression that represents the fight against the autonomy of nature, its control and utilisation.
The series was taken in April 2024 in various parts of Berlin.
Links of the author:
Website: https://500px.com/p/peggy-perfect
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helga_be_punkt/
Author: Zheltov Denis Yurievich
Country: Russia
Title: “Windows”
Place: Russia, St. Petersburg
Description: one of the houses of the old building of the city of St. Petersburg
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© Denis Zheltov, Windows
Author: Natalia Liubinetska
Country: Kyiv, Ukraine
Title: “The War in Ukraine 1, 2”
Place: Irpin, Ukraine
Description: The photos were taken in Irpin, Ukraine. A Russian missile hit a residential building. The house is now in a state of disrepair and unlivable, there is no water or electricity, but some families continue to live in it...
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liubinetska_photographer/
Author: Benaissa Ilyes
Country : Algeria
Title : “Hotel Oran”
Place : Oran , Algeria
Description of the photo : A photo of an unfinished hotel located on the seafront of Oran, Algeria
Social media :
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/benaissailyes/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/benaissailyes0/
© Benaissa Ilyes, Hotel Oran
Author: Ruslan Hajizada
Country: Azerbaijan
Title: “Multangular object”
Place: Istanbul, Turkiye
Description: This photo was captured at the territory of Jamlija mosque in Istanbul, Turkiye
© Ruslan Hajizada, Multangular Object
Author: Nurlan Tahirli
Country: Azerbaijan
Title: “Sommiar”
Place: Baku, Azerbaijan
Description: The scene was reminiscent of a passage from James Lillis's book "A Walk in Dreams", where he described a man surrounded by smooth, white surfaces everywhere. The atmosphere and color of the scene reminded me of this - a man walking in his dreams.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurlan_tahirli/
© Nurlan Tahirli, Sommiar
Author: Dimitris Lapousis
Country: Greece
Title: “Athens”
Place: Athens, Greece
Description: The Greek Parliament as a little planet.
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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dlapousis/
© Dimitris Lapousis, Athens
Author: Pantaleo Musarò
Country: Italia
Title: “Twin Elevation”
Place: Bologna
Description: The photo taken in the city of Bologna is actually a monument, but while I was taking the shot it took me back to the structure of two identical skyscrapers that were mirrored, but at the same time I went with memories to the twin towers. So I gave the image that ghostly allure typical of the memory of painful events, I have of many cities with popular urbanization neighborhoods.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.pantaleomusaro.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pantaleomusaro
© Pantaleo Musarò, Twin elevation
Author: Tommaso Stefanori
Country: Rome, Italy.
Title of the Series: ''The E.U.R. District ''.
Description: This series of photos were shot in the E.U.R. district of Rome, Italy, one of the most architecturally iconic in the city. The intent of the shot is to underline the game of lights and shadows that these buildings can offer and also their inspiration to the old Roman Empire architecture.
Links of the author:
Website: https://tstefanori.wixsite.com/tommasostefanori
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommaso_stefanori/
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Julius Shulman, the Photographer of Modernism
Julius Shulman is one of the most famous photographers of mid-20th century architecture in America. He has defined the way we look at Modernism. Shulman photographed the new architecture that was emerging after World War II in South California, especially the metropolitan area of Los Angeles.
Julius Shulman Portrait, by Ebby Hawerlander, 1950
Julius Shulman
(USA 1910-2009)
Julius Shulman is one of the most famous photographers of mid-20th century architecture in America. He has defined the way we look at Modernism. Shulman photographed the new architecture that was emerging after World War II in South California, especially the metropolitan area of Los Angeles. He began his journey as an architectural photographer after meeting Richard Neutra in 1936, to whom he donated some prints from the house the architect had designed for Josef Kuhn in the Hollywood Hills. This meeting signs the beginning of a long collaboration with Richard Neutra, who recommended Shulman to other architects who were developing the International Style of Modernism in America, such as; Rudolph Schindler, Gregory Ain, John Lautner, Pierre Koenig, Raphael Soriano, and others.
Shulman is known for his strong graphic style, which highlights the features of the building, strong perspectives and light-shadow contrasts. He believed in the idealization and glorification of architecture; he often shot in infrared film to increase the drama of the scene, used artificial lighting to better illuminate the interiors, placed furniture and objects in such positions as to create pleasing compositions, and used models to make the house livable. In an interview Julius Shulman states "the photographer's responsibility is to identify the design components of the structure, to identify with the architect the purpose of the structure and of its design".
Shulman not only photographed architecture, he synthesized the essence of an era. His photographs were published in all architecture magazines and influenced the way modern architecture was perceived. His photography promoted the work of architects and made it visible to people who could not physically see it. As Richard Neutra, who had a 34-year collaboration with the photographer, said: “Film is stronger, and good glossy prints are easier to ship than brute concrete, stainless steel or even ideas”.
Some of Shulman's most important photographs are those of ‘Case Study Houses’; an initiative of Art and Architecture Magazine in 1945, initiated by John Entenza with the aim of creating a modernist, low-cost housing model for the construction industry. During its 25 years of existence, the Case Study Houses Program included the contributions of several renowned architects, including Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames. 36 prototypes of apartments were designed, of which 24 were realized. Among them Shulman photographed 18 homes. One of his most famous photographs is the Case Study House # 22, known as Stahl Residence of architect Pierre Koenig, in which two women talk to each other in the cantilevered space of the villa, in the illuminated background of Los Angeles. The photo is one of the most published photographs of architecture, “one of those singular images that sum up an entire city at a moment in time” as architecture critic Paul Goldberger wrote in the New York Times.
Julius Shulman continued to photograph until the last years of his life, such as Frank Gehri's Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. In 2004 the Getty Research Institute bought the archive of 260,000 negatives, prints and transparencies, becoming the main owner of his photographs.
© Julius Shulman, Kuhn House, Richard Neutra architecture, 1936
© Julius Shulman, Miller House, Richard Neutra architecture, 1937
© Julius Shulman, Loewy House, Clark and Frey architecture, 1937
© Julius Shulman, Kaufmann House, Richard Neutra architecture, 1947
© Julius Shulman, Kaufmann House Palm Springs, Richard Neutra architecture, 1947
© Julius Shulman, Wurdeman and Becket, Pan Pacific Theatre LosAngeles California, 1942
© Julius Shulman, Mobile Gas Station
© Julius Shulman, Lovell Health House, Richard Neutra architecture, 1950
© Julius Shulman, Congress Building and Ministries, Oscar Neimeyer architecture, Brasilia, 1958
© Julius Shulman, Convair Astronautics, Pereira and Luckman, 1958
© Julius Shulman, University of California Irvine
© Julius Shulman, Fire Station, LosAngeles
© Julius Shulman, Theme Building LAX int
© Julius Shulman, Lovell Chuey House, Richard Neutra architecture, 1958
© Julius Shulman, Stahl House, Case Study House 22, Pierre Koenig architecture, 1960
© Julius Shulman, Stahl House, California, Pierre Koenig architecture, 1960
© Julius Shulman, Bass House, 1960
© Julius Shulman, Eames House Case Study House 8, Ray and Charles Eames architecture, 1958
© Julius Shulman, Alexander House, Palmer and Krisel, 1957
© Julius Shulman, Frey House, Albert Frey architect, 1954
© Julius Shulman, Dome House, Bernard Judge, 1962
© Julius Shulman, Coachella Valley Savings, Williams and Williams architects, 1963
© Julius Shulman, State Capitol Bank Oklahoma.
© Julius Shulman, Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.
© Julius Shulman, Salk Institute for Biologocal Studies, Luis Kahn architect, 1966
© Julius Shulman, Seagram Building, Mies Van Der Rohe and Philip Johnson architect, 1959
© Julius Shulman, Children’s Museum, Abraham Zabludovsky architecture, 2005
© Julius Shulman, La Estadia Development, Ricardo Legorreta architect, 1981
© Julius Shulman, Glass House, Philip-Johnson, 2006
© Julius Shulman, Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Shulman was the subject of a 2008 documentary film, ‘Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman’. The film, directed by Eric Bricker and narrated by Dustin Hoffman, explores Shulman's life and work. It discusses how Shulman's images helped to shape the careers of influential 20th-century architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra and John Lautner.The film and the related materials ate found in the website:
Selected books by Julius Shulman
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