Robert Polidori's Metropolis Pedersen, executive editor of Metropolis magazine.Not only is he one of the world's preeminent architecture photographers, Robert Polidori is also--as his popular book Havana proved--a
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| Title | : | Robert Polidori's Metropolis |
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (494 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891024981 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2004-11-02 |
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Not only is he one of the world's preeminent architecture photographers, Robert Polidori is also--as his popular book Havana proved--a master of urban portraiture. The Montreal-born photographer has made haunting studies of bombed-out buildings in Beirut, decaying New York tenements, Versailles rooms in dusty disarray, Brasilia's paean to spare 1950s modernism, and, most recently, the abandoned, contaminated cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat. Taken together, they add to his ongoing project: the interpretation of the interrupted urban landscape. This new monograph combines the eye of a celebrated photographer with the distinctive voice of an artist and adventurer. Each breathtaking image--meticulously selected by the photographer from his own personal archive--is accompanied by a compelling first person account, based on interviews conducted by Martin C. Pedersen, executive editor of Metropolis magazine. Polidori tells behind-the-scene stories about the making of his photogr
Editorial : "Often considered an architectural photographer, Robert Polidori is in fact a photographer of habitat. On the surface, his subjects are buildings. But at the core his lens is focused on the remnants and traces of living he finds scattered in hallways, left in back rooms and worn on faades."
At times I could not make out what the photos were attempting to show me. I have a hard time even believing that Sharon wrote it. Or for that matter, it's great for anyone facing an adversity.
My star rating, as always, is based on "apples to apples": comparing one book to others in its genre. It can be a little repetitive towards the end but definitely a great book for studying.. The story develops with just enough background and explanation sprinkled in to provide context, but not bog down the storytelling.
On a personal note, I was a bit put off by the first chapter, where a lawyer two years out of law school is promoted to junior party at a fancy Manhattan law firm (as a lawyer myself, this struck me as implausible, so was a credibility issue!) However, the plot gave some explanation for this oddity, so I got over it (eventually).
While I'll read anything with a spaceship or dragon on the cover, this isn't a sub-genre that I usually read, but I foun
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