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 ...
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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 photographs, takes us to war-torn Beirut and Brasilia and other world capitals, talks about what makes a building photogenic, how he shoots buildings he doesn't like, his favorite architects, and his love of mosques. A look at the world's great cities as seen through the eyes of a sharp social observer--and a great photographer.
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Add this copy of Robert Polidori's Metropolis to cart. $13.81, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Metropolis Books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Minor rubbing to the some of the edges and corners of the DJ. Black remainder dot to the lower exterior page edges. Binding is tight and square.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 11x11x0; **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses. **Signed by Polidori on half title page. Clean crisp hardbound book in gray cloth boards; there is the merest trace of softening to the leading edge corners, and a pinhead-sized brown dot of soil on the FFEP. Otherwise book is crisp, sharp cornered, clean, including full color dust jacket in mylar.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) Signed "Robert Polidori 2004" on the half title page. The book and jacket are in fine condition. First Edition, First Printing.
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