N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
ZONA – An Investigation Report Fabio’s statement After the housing crisis caused by the economic and political power, the housing authority decided to open an investigation to assess its consequences. Given that previous reports were ambiguous, fieldwork was needed. Thus an investigator was sent to ZONA with the specific aim of preparing a visual report on…
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I Professional Photographer editor Grant Scott popped the question and it stayed with me, not only because it is a very catchy headline for an article, as the author notes, but because his reflection resonated with me. As I understand it, Scott’s main issue with the Düsseldorf School relates to its heritage not its conquests.…
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© Assaf Shaham, Untitled, from the series Time After Time and Again “The work Time after Time and Again deconstructs photography into its components and reassembles them on one surface that encompasses the essence of the photographic act, the fundamentals of color photography, and the marvel that combines light and time into a photograph.…
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photo caption (above) © Catherine & Harriet Beecher, in American Woman’s Home, 1869 © Erica Brejaart, Untitled, from the series Portraits of Mothers and Housewives © Erica Brejaart, Untitled, from the series Portraits of Mothers and Housewives “In the Divine Word it is written, “The wise woman buildeth her house.” To be “wise,” is “to…
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© Tito Mouraz, Untitled, from the series Leitura(s) © Tito Mouraz, Untitled, from the series Leitura(s) © Tito Mouraz, Untitled, from the series Finally, No One © Tito Mouraz, Untitled, from the series Finally, No One “There has been, since ever, an almost innate obsession for space and its domain through the most varied forms…
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© João Varela, Untitled, from de Toerist © João Varela, Untitled, from de Toerist © João Varela, Untitled, from de Toerist © João Varela, Untitled, from de Toerist “De Toerist came about in November 2010 when I went to study at AKV|St.Joost in Breda, Netherlands. As I arrived there, the weather was really different than…
Read More© Sergio Belinchóm, Untitled 8, from the series Berlin, an Archaeology, 2005 © Sergio Belinchóm, Untitled 8, from the series Berlin, an Archaeology, 2005 To see more of Sergio’s work click here
Read More© J. M. Ballester, Vista desde el hotel, 2005 © J. M. Ballester, Ciclista a contraluz, 2005 “If we cannot change the world, at least we can change the way we see it.”José Manuel Ballester “Ballester’s attitude towards his subjects is neither critical nor approving. It is observant and pensive. The stillness of the spaces…
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© Ángel Marcos, Landscape 21, from the series Landscapes, 1997 © Ángel Marcos, Landscape 11, from the series Landscapes, 1997 “From an isolated photograph one could say that it is set in a heterogeneous network of principles, almost as abundant as the straight lines passing through a geometrical point: the possibilities of interpretation…
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© Marrigje De Maar, Tollonjoki, Wanja, Russia, from the series Home Made © Marrigje De Maar, Venray, refter, from the series Time Out © Marrigje De Maar, China-Zhaoxing, old farmer, from the series Rambles (people) Time Out consist of pictures of rejected spaces. The structure of these buildings may still be sound, but…
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© Alexandre Jeser, Neige, from the series Espaces Déterminants, 2000-2004 © Alexandre Jeser, Piscine, from the series Espaces Déterminants, 2000-2004 More of Alexandre’s work can be seen here
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© Oscar Palacio, Prefabricated Stairs, from the series Unfamiliar Territory, 2004 © Oscar Palacio, Suspended Log, from the series Unfamiliar Territory, 2006 To see more of Oscar’s work click here
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© Todd Hido, 1952, from the series Ocupied Homes © Todd Hido, 1601, from the series Motels
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.© Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre, Kraftwerk, Muldenstein, from the series Eastern Germany industrial vestiges © Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre, Bleichert Transportanlagen, Leipzig from the series Eastern Germany industrial vestiges “During the industrial revolution, factories were built with a great aesthetic concern since there used to promote the image of companies. More than…
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© Daniel Mirer, Shea Stadium, Players Walkway, from the series ArchitorSpace, 2003 © Daniel Mirer, Shea Stadium, Office Hallway, New York 2, from the series ArchitorSpace, 2003 “The “ArchitorSpace” photographs display a specific interest and fears I have about the banality of spaces such as those of enclosed areas. These places are typologies of…
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© Ville Lenkkeri, The Collected Works of Lenin, from the series The Place of No Roads © Ville Lenkkeri, Dead Domestic Plants II, from the series The Place of No Roads “Two Russian communities on Spitsbergen have had their times of bloom. Now one of them is a ghost town and also the other…
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© Michael Schnabel, Elephants/Rinoceri, Stuttgart, 2000 © Michael Schnabel, Monkeys, Stuttgart and Hannover, 2000 “German photographer Michael Schnabel’s large-format images of zoo interiors in Germany and Switzerland resonate with a minimalist beauty, which oddly emphasizes their mid-century modernist architecture.[…] Like Elephants/Rhinoceri, Stuttgart, some of the spaces Schnabel photographed resemble indoor spas rather than cages.…
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© James Nizam, Anteroom (pile of cabinets in room), 2007 © James Nizam, Dwellings #13, 2006 “James Nizam’s work reveals a fascination with the processes of change, decay, and reclamation within our built environment. His new series of colour photographs—shot inside abandoned houses slated for demolition—speaks eloquently about the booming real-estate market in Vancouver and…
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© Richard Ross, Guantanamo, Cuba © Richard Ross, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia © Richard Ross, Angola State Penitentiary, Angola Louisiana “For the past several years—and with seemingly limitless access—Richard Ross has been making unsettling and thought-provokingpictures of architectural spaces that exert power over the individualswithin them.From a Montessori preschool to churches, mosques, and diverse civic…
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© Markus Henttonen, Garden, from the series Night Time Stories, 2008 © Markus Henttonen, Rooftop-party, from the series Night Time Stories, 2008 “My guiding principle as a photographer has been to explore and research people in public places and spaces. I photograph people in the urban city environment and the tension between those in night…
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