HOW TO STOP THE LIGHT There is a small act of audacity in placing something between the sun and the eye. A leaf, a petal, a branch still holding on — suddenly the light that usually passes through everything is caught, suspended inside a membrane of pigment and tissue. What was invisible becomes legible: the … Continue reading
The Aesthetic Value of Road Works in Urban Photography Cities, in their normal state, are remarkably predictable. Streets follow their grids, facades hold their ground, the choreography of traffic and pedestrian movement repeats itself day after day. Road works break all of that.What road works do, photographically, is interrupt the schema. They introduce a temporary … Continue reading
Panomorphosis [pano- panorama, -morphosis variation of form] Panomorphosis: Digital images with proportions of 2:9 or 30×135. Technology creates instruments that allow us to explore new techniques. Taking panoramic photos with a smartphone is nothing new; what makes Panomorphosis different is how the technology is used. Rather than slowly pivoting around a point, the photographer and … Continue reading
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Molinari portrayed Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, with a perspective far from the usual and obvious aesthetic conditioning. His point of view is unique. Ignoring the touristy side from the very beginning, Molinari points his lens toward unprecedented, anonymous glimpses that are mute in their absolute, objective silence. There are white, smooth, and … Continue reading
Shot with Leica Q3. Continue reading
CABA Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires Is it possible to synthesize the soul of a city through photographs of its buildings? The work of Michele Molinari heads in that direction, overlooking the Buenos Aires of historic monuments and focusing on the common dwellings that stud the skyline of the porteña city. They are boundary lines by … Continue reading
BUENOS AIRES ” … Walls, smooth and bare, which Molinari photographs closing up on its own camera lens, show a dreary and anonymous city side, even though in his framings, bolds and never trivials, the photographer is able to unearth and celebrate, of these white concrete buildings, a hidden and austere, almost majestic, beauty. ” … Continue reading
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