Bruno Cals: "Horizons"- A Captivating New Perspective

Showing at 1500, a gallery in New York City devoted to Brazilian photography, the series "Horizons" from 2008 by Bruno Cals, appear to depict abstract landscape images. I ponder these dreamy, starkly architectural places and wonder where they could possibly be located.

I am fascinated as I learn the images are of facades of buildings in the cities of Sao Paulo, Toyko and Buenos Aires.  By looking up the facades toward the sky, a captivating new perspective is created by the shifting of the horizon line.

Above, Hermes

The building above is Maison Hermes, Toyko, Japan by Renzo Piano, 2001.  The glass brick facade is transformed into an endless landscape of gridded watery pools.

Above, Prada

The building above is the Prada Store, Toyko, Japan by Herzog and de Meuron, 2003. 
The diamond shaped curved glass panels of the facade become an open sea with enormous swells.

Above, Quartier

Above, Safra

Above, Largo Sao Francisco

Above, Avenida Paulista 01

Above, Avenida Paulista 02

Above, Avenida Paulista 03


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Helga Steppan: See Though-All My Things

In this fascinating series titled "See Through-All My Things" from 2004, the Swedish artist, Helga Steppan, gathered all her personal belongings, grouped them by coloring and photographed them.

I am intrigued by the deconstruction and reconstruction her belongings.
Each still life beckons the viewer to take a closer look at the elements that have lost their individuality within the monochrome whole. 

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Fulvia Bonavia: A Matter of Taste

Food and fashion, friends or enemies?

While the first thing that comes to mind are diets and eating disorders, the images from the book "A Matter of Taste" by photographer Fulvio Bonavia make me think otherwise.

These delicious images celebrate the tasty marriage of food and fashion.

 

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