Andrea Martino

Author: Victoria Likholyot

Country: Ukraine (Berlin based)

Title of Series: Lollipop

Description: This is an attempt to highlight the representation of women with a male gaze. The series is a color irony, an absurdization of female objectification in urban spaces - posters, advertisements, signs, city lights and so on.

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Author: Bia Serranoni

Country: Brazil

Title: Unusual Landscapes

The series "Unusual Landscapes" is born with the intent to represent the hostile relationship of the city with the women's universe, in view of all the threats it poses to the female bodies.

The city scares, inhibits, blames, and imprisons women. We don't feel safe in the external world, and we don't feel welcomed. The cities were built by men and for their circulation and, therefore, were not designed for our bodies, placing the city as another element of oppression for the female universe. This masculine conception of the metropolis contributes to a complex relationship between women and the city, influenced by several factors such as safety, accessibility, privacy, and especially representativeness, making this space associated with a gender issue.

In this scenario, this work builds a visual/sensorial narrative from the superposition of two images, one always of an urban space and a second one of some element that can cause a rupture, a fissure in this space in which we women must always circulate carefully, because it presents itself as a threat.

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Author: Atsumi Takemoto.

Title: Cactus

Place: Shibuya,Tokyo, Japan

Description: The flower language of cactus is "Love that does not wither", "Burning heart" and "Warm heart". A cactus that continues to live without withering even in tropical areas. I dedicate to the women with powerful eyes I found in Tokyo.

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Author: Fahredin Spahija

Title: Ice Age

Country: Kosovo

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Blurb Bookstore: ISBN Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9798210988904

Author: Roman Kosh.

Title: Golden Age

Place: Russia, 2023.

Description: “I am not a tale you can tell, I am not a song you can sing, I am not a sound you can hear, I am neither this you can see nor that you can know. I am a common pain, cry me out.” - Ahmad Shamlu

The photo titled "Gold" is one of the main ones in the "Golden Age" series (Spontaneous portraits of elderly people. Captured mainly in trains and stations during my travel in Russia, 2022/2023).

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Flickr

Author: Jahid Apu

Title of Series: Three Episodes of her gaze

Place: Bangladesh (2021-2022)

Description of the series:

Three stories about three women from Bangladesh, a third-world nation country, where poverty and social exclusion frequently consume precious lives.

Photo 1: 65-year-old Rahima Khatun (formerly from a village in Bangladesh), spent most of her life in jail because she was imprisoned over a false case. As a result of her release, neither society nor her family came forward to support her. In her twilight years, now a poor and helpless individual, she kept herself alive through her own efforts. For less than $2 a day, she works in a lentil factory from dawn to dusk. When I asked her about her life, she smiled and said, "I didn't realize I would be this alone at this point in my life. I had a happy and well-organized life until one single incident ruined it. The only thing I want in life at this age is my family. I want to live with my family until I die."

Photo 2: Asia Begum 50 years old women, works in Bangladesh's small chili pepper mill, for less than USD 1 (Taka 95) 12 hours a day. She came from a village to work downtown, but all the factories were closed after the lockdown, and it became difficult for her to survive. Since the lifting of the lockdown, she has been working all day long from dawn to dusk at the mill seven days a week, hoping for better days. Even though she receives a little wage, she lives like a queen of her world with her head held high.

Photo 3: A madrasah (Islamic school) student is enjoying the pouring rain in front of her madrasah while preserving her hijab after the class break. In Islam, women are generally seen as covering everything except their hands and feet. This outstanding inclusion of freedom and courage in the rain by a young teenager from a small town in Bangladesh reveals her inner beauty, conflict, and strength at the same time.

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Author: Amal Yassin AbdelAzeem Aglan

Country, Egypt

Description: A series of portraits of elderly women who, in order to make a living, have decided to sell different items in the city market

Title 1: Color Seller, Place: Al-Moez Street in Cairo

Title 2: Fish lady, Place: Disouq City, Cairo

Title 3: Loads Lady, Place: Tanta city, Gharbia governorate, Cairo

Title 4: Tea Seller, Place: Farahda district in Alexandria - Egypt

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Author: Rozafa Shpuza

Place: Shkoder, Albania

Title: The characters of my City

Description: The city swings in the dawn and dusk every day, non-stop, no matter what the seasons or their whims... And in this surreal swing, the women are the ones who make sure that never stops the lullaby that soothes the soul of the city. That's why this mine can very well be called the "City of Women". Women weave, women feed children, women sing, women are everywhere from dawn to dusk. When I turn on the camera and fix the portrait of a woman, I have said it all. The portrait of a woman with the background of the city conveys a strong message, conveys the mysteries of the city, conveys its loves and hates, conveys its joys and pains. Thus, my photographs reach their emotional climax when the camera is directed to the women who gave the city its name.

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Author: Karin Majoka

Title: Smile despite the rain

Place: Düsseldorf, Germany

Description: I took this image during an event called "Japan Day" in Düsseldorf (Germany) in May 2023 right when the weather swifted from sunny skies to heavy rain within seconds. And with that also the mood of most visitors changed since many people suddenly started running in panic to flee from the rain. Just as I was about to pack away my camera to have it proteced from the rain as well - I caught this moment. The woman in the hidschāb did not only stay calm but also still had a smile on her face despite the rain. Further, her smile had the power to infect other people around her to join. For me this small fraction of a moment is a representation of the ability women have to stay positive despite the unexpected negative occurances in life.

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Author: Fred Maro
Title: Rumor Mill
Place: Cologne / Germany
Description: An amazing typical scene to be seen quite often: The secret news channels of women
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Author: MIchal Čáp

Country: Czech Republic

Title: Siesta

Place: Trutnov, Czech Republic

Description: The photo of my friend represents the hustle and bustle of today's times. Sometimes you just need to relax for a while, quietly in the middle of the city.

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Author: David Pujado

Title: Female Power

Place: Prague

Description: This photograph was shot to Elvira one evening in the city of Prague when we were going to do another shooting. We passed in front the shop and I was amazed, we asked the woman in the shop and very happily accepted that we took as many photos as we wished. Elvira, with her imaginary army of Elviras were ready to take the city of Prague

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Author: Klevisa Bardeli

Country: Albania

Title: "Light from the Abyss"

Place: Shkodër

Description: The photo contains the message for the woman, the difficulties of living in a harsh reality, where despite everything she manages to be a beautiful and powerful woman at the same time.

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Author: Steven Kruit

Title: The Surfing Girl

Place: Beach of Cox's Bazar in the South of Bangladesh.

Description: The beautiful beaches of Bangladesh (South East Asia) are known for their natural beauty and they are one of the longest in the world. A lot of development, education and women empowerment is ongoing, but still a lot of people are challanged to earn enough income. The local people living in small primitive tin shed settlements in the forrests on the beach, mostly live from fishing. Most of the males are fishermen and they leave very early morning in their small wooden fishing boats to the sea, the Bay of Bengal. The women in the village are running an education system, schooling, and take care of the village. As a result the girls have much more freedom to choose their own hobbies and decide on their own future. The kids live with the sea, and some of the girls have started to pick up surfing as a hobby. From the age of 6 they teach eachother how to swim, and from the age of 11 they start surfing the waves.

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Tatì Space 5/7/23 Tatì Space 5/7/23

Women in Photography

In the context of the Photography Exhibition launched at Tatì Space with the theme "The City of Women", we are bringing to attention some inspiring figures of female photographers, who have made a valuable contribution in the field of photography, with their professionalism and humanism, photographing the contemporary urban life. Starting with Julia Margaret Cameron, as one of the pioneers of photography, Frances Benjamin Johnston as the first woman photoreporter, Berenice Abbott who photographed the emerging modernity, Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White as the first photoreporter of major historical events , continuing into the modern city with Vivian Maier, Diane Arbus, and to the present time with Cindy Sherman and Annie Leibovitz. The list is longer, but we have chosen these figures as representative of different eras of photography.

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)

She is a 19-th century British photographer who started photography late in her life, at the age of 48, when her daughter gave her a camera for her birthday. She is known for portraits of well-known personalities of her time, and for photographing heroic, mythological and from literature subjects, where she uses as characters the relatives who came at her studio. She is known for photographing children and women, as well as for defocusing and close-ups of portraits, which had an impact on modern photography.

Portrait Annie, 1864 ©Julia Margaret Cameron

Cupid and Psyche, 1862 ©Julia Margaret Cameron

I Wait, ©Julia Margaret Cameron

Pomona, Alice Liddell, 1872 ©Julia Margaret Cameron

Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)

She is one of the first female photojreporters in America. She has been an advocate for the role of women in photography, writing "What a Woman Can Do with a Camera" in 1897, and co-curator of a photographic exhibit at the 1900 World's Fair. Frances is known for portraiture, photography of traditional architecture, and for the series at the Hampton Institute. In 1899 she was asked to photograph the daily lives of students at the Hampton Institute, which after the Civil War offered vocational courses to African American and Native American youth. Since she used platinum plate negatives, which required a few seconds of exposure, it was impossible to spontaneously photograph the young students. In this way, she directed the subjects into carefully composed scenes that speak of Benjamin's unique style, recognizable to this day.

Instituti Hampton, 1899 ©Frances Benjamin Johnston

Berenice Abbott (ShBA 1898-1991)

Berenice Abbott is an American photographer known for documenting the architecture and metropolitan life of New York with all its contrasts in the ’30s of the Great Depression. Berenice Abbott is known for her documentary style, outside of any subjectivism and pictorialism. She photographed with an 8x10 inch camera the new architecture of New York that was emerging, but also the places that were disappearing from development. Her main influence was the French photographer Eugene Atget, who scrupulously photographed old Paris, which was disappearing from the modernity of the early 20th century. Abbott called Atget ‘the Balzac of the camera’ and an ‘urban historian’. She is credited with rescuing Atget's archive when, after his death, she bought all the negatives and took them to America, where she worked to publish his work. In the last years of her career Berenice Abbott was involved in the technical and scientific aspects of photography.

One of her expressions is "The world doesn't like independent women, I don't know why, but I don’t care"

Blossom Restaurant Manhattan 1935 ©Berenice Abbott

Construction of old and new from Washington Street 1936 ©Berenice Abbott

Grand Central Station 1934 ©Berenice Abbott

Henry Street Manhattan 1935 ©Berenice Abbott

Hester Street Manhattan 1938 ©Berenice Abbott

New York at Night 1932 ©Berenice Abbott

Newsstand Manhattan 1935 ©Berenice Abbott

Pike and Henry Street 1936 ©Berenice Abbott

Portrait of Eugene Atget 1927 ©Berenice Abbott

Self Portrait Distortion 1930 ©Berenice Abbott

Seventh Avenue Manhattan 1935 ©Berenice Abbott

West Street 1932 ©Berenice Abbott

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

She is an American photographer who realistically documented the difficult life of Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s. With her humanitarian photography, she influenced the allocation of federal funds for the poor, but also the development of the genre of documentary photography. One of her iconic photographs is "Migrant Mother" where she photographed a poor family in the conditions of existence. Lange had the ability to photograph the beauty and the dignity of people. One of her expressions is "The Camera is a Tool to Learn How to Look..." She used the camera as a democratic instrument. Although Lange had a physical difficulty in movement, due to a childhood illness, she is known as a fighting woman, at a time when this quality was not accepted for women. She traveled extensively, photographing the underrepresented lower classes of the population; farmers, workers, Jewesh, blacks, the poor, immigrants of various nationalities, thus offering a democratic vision of America at a time when the country needed it most.

Migrant Mother, 1936 ©Dorothea Lange

Imperial Valley California 1937 ©Dorothea Lange

San Francisco 1933 ©Dorothea Lange

Damaged Child 1936 ©Dorothea Lange

Woman of the High Plains, Texas 1938 ©Dorothea Lange

Young Migratory Mother 1940 ©Dorothea Lange

Daughter of Migrant Tennessee Coal Miner Living in American River Camp near Sacramento, California, 1936 ©Dorothea Lange

Portrait of Dorothea Lange

Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)

She is the first American war photographer and one of the most important photoreporters in America in the 1930s and 1940s. Her first photographs are those of industrial buildings, machineries, people, but then she focused her attention on social issues, in areas of extreme poverty during the Depression, where she photographed for Fortune and later for Life Magazine. Bourke-White was the first foreign photographer allowed to photograph in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, making her one of the most famous photographers in America. She was allowed by the Military Corps to photograph the Second World War, during which she photographed the most important events such as the bombing of Moscow by German troops in 1941, war crimes, concentration camps after the Nazi capitulation. After the second world war, she documented the most important historical events, such as Gandhi's efforts for the independence of India, the Korean War, the riots in South Africa, etc.

Flood Refugees, Louisville 1937 ©Margaret Bourke-White

©Margaret Bourke-White

Fort Peck Dam 1936 ©Margaret Bourke-White

South Africa 1950 ©Margaret Bourke-White

Vivian Maier (1926-2009)

Vivian Maier has one of the most interesting stories in the history of photography. She photographed urban street life of America in the 50s, 60s, with strong intensity, curiosity and a sense of humor, but she never published her photos. She was a rather reserved person, although educated and cultured, she took pictures as a hobby while performing her duties as a nanny. As the children she raised later put it, they never understood what Maier was photographing. When they asked her, she answered with a smile that she was a spy. While Maier walked the children to every corner of the city, she took interesting photos, which today constitute a visual legacy of that time. Her photography became famous after her death, thanks to the art collector, John Maloof, who in 2009 bought the 150,000 negatives she shot during her lifetime and made them known to the public through the publication of books, exhibitions and documentaries .

©Vivian Maier, selfportrait

New York 1954 ©Vivian Maier

New York 1953 ©Vivian Maier

New York ©Vivian Maier

Undated ©Vivian Maier

January 1956 ©Vivian Maier

New York ©Vivian Maier

1956 © Vivian Maier

Diane Arbus (1923-1971)

She is an American photographer known for her controversial style, criticized and appreciated at the same time. She photographed New Yorkers in the 1950s and 1960s, people in the park, children, women, disable people, those living on the fringes of society, circus performers, transgender people, those who, as one art critic says, ' they attract our attention when we see them on the street, but we instinctively look away because we are ashamed of what we see'. But Arbus, on the contrary, observes, studies and photographs them psychologically, as no other photographer had done before. While the street photographers of her generation like; Evans, Winogrand, Lewitt, etc., followed a guerilla style, photographing people without distinguishing, Diane instead seeks the approval of the people she photographs. Often times she returns to a subject twice, takes notes, chats, makes friendship, visit their home, and waits for the right moment to take the picture. For this reason her subjects look straight into the camera, being aware of the presence of the artist, and including the viewer as well. With her style, she left her mark on modern photography followed by many photographers. While Arbus' photography is related to identity, voyeurism, different people, in a homophobic society of the '50s-'60s,she was not always liked by the public and critics of the time. In a quote (Norman Mailer) says 'giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like giving a child a hand grenade'. During the 'New Documents' exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967, where Arbus was featured alongside Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, her photograph was spat on by several visitors, so much so that it had to be cleaned up every day. While Susan Sontag, one of the most popular critics of the time, says that Diane Arbus lacks compassion for her subjects. Many have speculated about Diane's motives for taking photographs in this way. But her letters, which became known after her death in 1971, show the opposite. She found emotions, and saw herself reflected in people that look differently. Diane Arbus came from the rich and bourgeois class of New York society. She had attended the best schools in the country with high results. However, she ignored her class origins. She seems to search for this sense of belonging and isolation from the subjects he photographs. She learned photography through Fashion Photography, in the studio she opened with her husband. In 1956, at the age of 33, she broke away from it, following the vocation of documentary photography, which she developed with her own personal style. One of her expressions is: 'For me, the subject of the photograph is always more important than the picture itself; 'Abnormal people are born with their trauma. They have passed the test of life. They are aristocrats'; "My favorite activity is going to places I've never been."

Boy in a pro war parade 1967 ©Diane Arbus

Boy with toy hand grenade 1962 ©Diane Arbus

Identical twins Roselle 1967 ©Diane Arbus

Jack Dracula at a bar 1961 ©Diane Arbus

Jewish giant 1970 ©Diane Arbus

Two boys smoking in central park 1962 ©Diane Arbus

Three female impersonators 1962 ©Diane Arbus

Young man and his wife 1965 ©Diane Arbus

Cindy Sherman (1954)

She is an American artist who uses photography to create several series of self-portraits related to the stereotypes of women in Western culture, created by cinematography, television, advertising. The first series with which she became famous is "Film Stills" or "Film Scene" in the 70s-80s, where she appears dressed as movie characters, in similar scenes from the European cinematography of the 50s- '60 and the American noir genre. In these photographs, she appears sometimes as a housewife, sometimes as a secretary, sometimes as a provocative woman, other times as a career and independent woman. In the black and white photographs of the series, she builds a catalog of characters, or an encyclopedia of stereotypes of women in the cinematography and advertising of the time. Although Sherman's "film scenes" resemble movie publicity stills (from which the cycle takes its name), none of them refer to a specific film. Sherman's mastery is that she plays with stereotypes of women, and with our expectations which is influenced by these stereotypes. In later years, Cindy Sherman will develop other photographic series related to the stereotypes of beauty in Western culture, and those coming from art history, developing even more the lighting, costume design and make-up.

Untitled Film Stills 21, 1978 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 4, 1977 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 5, 1977 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 3, 1977 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 7, 1978 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 11, 1978 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 13, 1978 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 15, 1978 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 33, 1979 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 35, 1979 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 42, 1979 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 48, 1979 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 54, 1980 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 58, 1980 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 63, 1980 ©Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Stills 83, 1980 ©Cindy Sherman

Annie Leibovitz (1949)

Annie Leibovitz is a famous photographer of our time, photographing celebrities for “Rrolling Stone” and “Vanity Fair”, but few of us know that she started her carier with documentary photography in black and white. She keeps this perspective in photographing the construction of “New York Times” building, designed by Renzo Piano, when in 2005 and 2006 she was commissioned by the developer Forest City Ratner Companies to document the construction of the tower, which concluded in the series “Building the Times”. Known for her beautiful portraits, Annie Leibovitz takes into accoun the human factor, when she photographes the workers that asseble by hand this megastructure. For this series she says “The most fascinating aspect of this project has been learning that buildings are still put together essentially by hand. Watching the construction workers glide across steel beams and hoisting heavy girders into place has been amazing”

Building the Times, © Annie Leibovitz

Tatì Space 4/10/23 Tatì Space 4/10/23

Photography Exhibition and Book Presentation ALBANIAN SCAPES

On Saturday, March 18, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., in the premises of the TATI SPACE Photography Center, is open the Exhibition "ALBANIAN SCAPES - a photographic journey into Albanian Landscape" with photography and prints by Alketa Misja. The photos are part of the photography series ALBANIAN SCAPES, that cover a period of time 2008 to 2022. A part of the prints are published in the book ALBANIAN SCAPES by the author. While another part are presented for the first time in this exhibition. The exhibition will remain open until April 22, International Earth Day.

Project Description

Albanian Scapes is a photographic series about the Albanian landscape, as the title suggests (Albanian + Landscapes).During these last 25 years, we have witnessed the changes that the Albanian landscape has undergone from rapid urbanization, the territory’s use for commercial purposes, and the exploitation of natural resources with no protection criteria. Photography has helped me document this transformation. For this reason, the photos serve as a moment frozen in time of a landscape that will never be the same. Alternatively, Albanian Scapes can be viewed as a meditation on the current state of the Albanian landscape, constantly shifting, much like the interests of the society of which nature is a part. The album is organized like a photographic journey from north to south, traversing the natural riches of Albania and its contrasts. On one end, we see the nature of Theth and Orosh, which remains untouched by mass tourism, and on the opposite one, the artificial landscape of Tirana, which is being transformed by mass urbanization daily.”

In the introduction to the book "Albanian Scapes", arch. Andi Papastefani writes- “The pleasing sights in this aesthetic edition captivate both the eye and mind. Alketa has been able to draw attention to the complexity, contrast, and problems of this country with which nature has been so generous. She portrays all of these juxtapositions in her photographic narrative about Albania as an architect and photographer, using iconic images that urge people to think and consider the true value of the landscape, culture, and history, as well as what we have lost”

While Falma Fshazi writes- “In the Albania of Albanian Scapes, we recall the cities that are permanently changing and increasingly occupied with tall buildings, bringing with it as many stories yet to be told. Many overlapping stories, managing to retain their individuality, much like the Albanian urban landscape whose transformation has continued with intensity toward the hills, plains and river banks, often entering where it does not belong, but unable to fundamentally alter the Mediterranean nature, the hospitable nature of the locals, or erase the traces of time. In Alketa's photography, the natural landscape of Albania, from Theth to Lukovë, is a watery world, one made up of fresh, salty, ice-cold, or healing and warm waters that, when not adorning the rocky peaks, twist and turn through the plains protected by vertical mountains. Blue waters and white waters, shallow waters and deep waters, an ecological heritage, as much as the living memory of things, species and people who come to us through photographs, in a search for meaning for Albanians, Europeans and the worlds of tomorrow.”

Available on Amazon and Blurb Bookstore

Amazon Store: ISBN Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798881301958

Blurb Bookstore: ISBN Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798881287856

Language: English, Albanian

Standard Landscape, 10x8 inch, 25x20cm

100 pages, 87 photos, Premium Lustre Paper

Tatì Space 2/16/23 Tatì Space 2/16/23

PhotoBook "Albanian Scapes"

The Photobook "Albanian Scapes" is the first publication of Tati Space, with photographs by Alketa Misja and foreword by Andi Papastefani and Falma Fshazi. Now available on Amazon and Blurb Bookstore. A photographic journey into Albanian Landscape as seen from an architect and urban planner. A Landscape in a constant transformation under the pressure of human activities and rapid urbanization. A fragile landscape that will not be the same.

The Photobook "Albanian Scapes" is the first publication of Tati Space, with photographs by Alketa Misja and foreword by Andi Papastefani and Falma Fshazi.

Now available on Amazon and Blurb Bookstore

Amazon Store: ISBN Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798881301958

Blurb Bookstore: ISBN Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798881287856

Blurb Bookstore: ISBN Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9798210988904

Language: English, Albanian

Standard Landscape, 10x8 inch, 25x20cm

100 pages, 87 photos, Premium Lustre Paper

A photographic journey into Albanian Landscape as seen from an architect and urban planner. A Landscape in a constant transformation under the pressure of human activities and rapid urbanization. A fragile landscape that will not be the same. The photos in this book cover a period of time from 2008 to 2022. This is the longest photographic project of Alketa Misja. Other photographic projects from the same author are Artifact Project - Photographing the Industrial Heritage of the Socialist Period and Photographing Modern Architecture in Albania.

In her preface Landscape as Heritage, Falma Fshazi writes: “Through Alketa Misja's work, the landscape of Albania becomes an album made of hundreds of pages. Each photo is a small booklet of natural history, ecology, or urbanization. All together, the photographs document the Albanian heritage and landscape as heritage.

In the Albania of Albanian Scapes, we recall the cities that are permanently changing and increasingly occupied with tall buildings, bringing with it as many stories yet to be told. Many overlapping stories, managing to retain their individuality, much like the Albanian urban landscape whose transformation has continued with intensity toward the hills, plains and river banks, often entering where it does not belong, but unable to fundamentally alter the Mediterranean nature, the hospitable nature of the locals, or erase the traces of time.”

In his preface In Albania- Between Natural and Human Landscape, Andi Papastefani writes- “In this invaluable publication, Alketa Misja offers a depiction of this ongoing aesthetic, cultural, and ethical contrast. She portrays all of these juxtapositions in her photographic narrative about Albania as an architect and photographer, using iconic images that urge people to think and consider the true value of the landscape, culture, and history, as well as what we have lost.

The pleasing sights in this aesthetic edition captivate both the eye and mind. Unlike other publications on Albania that only highlight the natural beauty or, in other cases, merely the urban anarchy, Alketa has been able to draw attention to the complexity, contrast, and problems of this country with which nature has been so generous. This publication emphasizes the responsibility of society and residents to carry out daily activities with as little negative impact on nature as possible.”

Tatì Space 9/15/22 Tatì Space 9/15/22

Photography Exhibition THE WAY WE LIVE (in the eye of the architect)

We are happy to introduce the 4th Edition of Online Photography Exhibitions at TatìSpace Photography Center, with the theme: THE WAY WE LIVE (in the eye of the architect). From a large number of submissions, we have selected 58 participants from different parts of the world. Since the photos converged in similar themes, we have decided to present them in categories that are: Category 1- The City and the Natural Environment; Category 2 -The City as a Way of Life; Category 3-The City and its Heritage; Category 4- The City and Social Justice; Category 5- The City and its Aesthetic; Category 6- The City and the Construction Industry.

THE PRESENTATION

We are happy to introduce the 4th Edition of Online Photography Exhibitions at TatìSpace Photography Center, with the theme: THE WAY WE LIVE (in the eye of the architect).

One year ago Tati Space made the invitation to participate with one photography or series that represents the way you look at urban reality. By this we did not pretend that the photography expresses all the complexity of urban reality, but it can capture a moment which reflects or conveys a thought, or a feeling about a certain part of urban life. We called it ‘in the Eye of the Architect’ because to the architects and urban planners is required to represent the vision of the future. But every projection starts from the present, the way we experience and interpret the reality. Your photographic eye could be critical, or inspired by Reality. We are happy that to our invitation have responded a large number of photographers, artists, professionals, architects and urban planners from different parts of the world. Photography is the language that unites us all.

From a large number of submissions, we have selected 58 participants from different parts of the world. Since the photos converged in similar themes, we have decided to present them in six categories, that are: Category 1- The City and the Natural Environment; Category 2 -The City as a Way of Life; Category 3- The City and its Heritage; Category 4 - The City and Social Justice; Category 5 - The City and its Aesthetic; Category 6- The City and the Construction Industry.

Hope You Enjoy them all, as we did!

Curator: Alketa Misja

Featured

CATEGORY 1:

THE CITY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

CATEGORY 2:

THE CITY AS A WAY OF LIFE

CATEGORY 3:

THE CITY AND ITS HERITAGE

CATEGORY 4:

THE CITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

CATEGORY 5:

THE CITY AND ITS AESTHETIC

CATEGORY 6:

THE CITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Tatì Space 9/15/22 Tatì Space 9/15/22

Photography Exhibition THE WAY WE LIVE (in the eye of the architect)

CATEGORY 1:

THE CITY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

CATEGORY 1: THE CITY AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Author: Andoz Krishnadas

Title of series: “Home of the Valkyries”

Location: Iceland

These images were taken as an auxiliary to images taken in Iceland in regard to the environment and nature. As an architect even in the most extraordinary of environments I feel the absence of humans is denoted through an absence of architecture. Humans are everywhere and we are very much a part of nature and these places in Iceland reminded me of that.

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Author: Antonio Capurso

Description: With my photo series, I intend to offer a glimpse of the potential relationship between humans and their urban environments. While the interconnection between the two (humans and their city) is often one of alienation and contraposition, I firmly believe that architects and urban planners can - and should - build spaces where we can live in harmony and balance with our natural surroundings. My photo series is inspired by such a feeling of hope.

Title 1: “Standing And Walking”

Description: “Standing Man & Walking Man” is a public sculpture by Sean Henry. The sculptures, located in Paddington Basin (London, UK), evoke a sense of estrangement which is so common for many people living in a great metropolis.

Place: Paddington (London, UK)

Title 2: “Hafen City”

Description: Hafen City has been a massive project of urban regeneration of the former free port in Hamburg. It’s considered the largest urban redevelopment project in Europe by landmass.

Place: Hafen City district (Hamburg, Germany)

Title 3: “Imperial Garden”

Description: The picture portrays the gardens overlooking the Tokyo Imperial Palace (in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo). Japanese architects and urbanists excel in integrating nature and urban elements in a seamless way.

Place: Tokyo Imperial Palace (Tokyo, Japan)

Title 4: “Tiergarten”

Description: The Tiergarten is the largest and most popular city park of Berlin. Sprawling in the heart of the German city, it shows that a peaceful integration between nature and urban needs is not only possible, but also advisable.

Place: Tiergarten (Berlin, Germany)

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Author: Janusz Jurek

Country: Poland

Title: “Rest”

Place: Greece, Crete

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Author: Yana Smietana

Title: “Wave”

Location: Batumi, Georgia country

Description: "I wish I was a bird, I would fly high cutting through the city’s smog, hovering above the skyscrapers like above waves in the foggy morning". This image was taken in the spring of 2021 in Batumi, Georgia (country). There was a thick fog on the coast. The edges of the skyscrapers were barely visible. My lens came across the complex "Wave" and a bird that was cutting through the foggy city.

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Author: Wenbin Shi

Title：”Urban Jungle”

Place：Shanghai, China

Description: This photograph was taken in front of an IKEA window and the artificial plastic flowers make an interesting contrast with the skyscrapers outside.This photo was chosen for my photography project ”Urban Plantation”. This project explores the morphology of vegetation in human cities and its impact on the human condition. We, as city builders, incorporate plants into our lives, yet we tend to ignore the impact plantation has on us.

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Author: Britta Manges

Title: “Edifice”

Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

Description: In the city a person stands to admire the view that is washed out by concrete and infrastructure.

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Author: Heather Milne

Title: “City Tides” (I, II, III)

Place: Christchurch, New Zealand

Description: For 10 years following deadly earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, the inner city became a reminder of how our urban environment used to be and how the landscape had changed. These photographs were made in an old hotel car park where the high water table results in constant pools of water and flooding.

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Author : Md Imrul Kayes

Title : “Little piece of green”

Location : Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Describe : I tried show how an unplanned overpopulated City may look like from above.

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Author: Khan Rakibul alam Khan

Title : “Sleeping in the boat“

Place : Sadarghat, Bangladesh

Description : These peoples only earning source is boat . They are boat man . The home , earning and life, all is boat . Boat is those people’s family . They sleep at night in their boat and live in their boat.

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Author: Haikun Liang

Title: “A woman selling flowers”

Location: Mandalay, Myanmar

Description: Local traders will go through the corridor of the temple.

Bio: Liang Haikun is a award wining photographer from China, with 20 years of experience and many local and international exhibitions.

© Haikun Liang “A woman selling flowers”

Author: Shubhodeep Roy

Title of the Series: ''Life Along The River"

Place: Hoogly River, Kolkata India

Description: “The city of Kolkata stands as one of the unique centres among Indian cities. Vibrant culture and dazzling heritage with a pinch of colonial effect make it an interesting place. Hoogly river a tributary of the holy river the Ganges flows along with the city of Kolkata, before disappearing into the Bay of Bengal, the broad concrete slipway sliding towards the river called ghats form a connection between Kolkata and the Hoogly river, these ghats are a favoured destination for many to escape the rigours of city life. For more than a century people have used these to access the river for their everyday needs, from bathing, fetching water, and swimming, to getting on and off boats. They also have a distinct cultural and religious significance, as many rituals of Hinduism take place next to the river.

All great cities, they say, are built near water and it is no less true for the cultural capital of India-Kolkata. The Hooghly River, to date, happens to be the heart and soul of Kolkata and the entire city is dotted with Ghats from the bygone era. The flights of steps leading down to the river that has inspired fascinating stories from centuries back have also seen the city evolve over time.

While documenting river Ganga and its inhabitants, I have witnessed many mundane moments turn into exceptional visuals with the infusion of strong cultural elements of how people live, These photographs are a part of my ongoing project ''Life Along The River".

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Autori: Rozafa Shpuza

Title: “The world as a puzzle”

Place: Tirana, Albania

Description: Photography for me is the emotion that is conveyed through details, shapes, light shadows, cuts, the mystery that the shot hides in itself. We live in a world full of chaos, so we have to put different parts in the daily life full of joys and sorrows to create our future. This photo also conveys this feeling. It is a wall divided into circles, like the ball that the children are playing with beyond it. Somewhere a hand appears and somewhere else a foot, which constitute in itself the philosophy of the entire journey of man on this planet, so that, sometimes, it seems as if it is that ball in the hand of that child who is playing with it quite frankly.

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Author: Samanta Krivec

Title: “Rubik's town”

Place: Pregrada (Croatia)

Description: I saw this reflection on the large building while driving the car. On a sunny day this was looking so good and interesting that i stopped the car and took a couple of photos.

Author: Zita Altrichter

Title: “Eternality”

Place: London, UK

Description: I took this photograph on a hot summer evening on the riverside of the Thames, when everything looked perfect, people smiled, enjoyed life and seemed so relaxed while the sun was about to wave goodbye.

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Author: Monika K. Adler

Title: “Master and Margarita”

Place: New York, USA

Description: Manhattan. Among the crowds, a man is walking with a giant cat sitting on his head. The cat looks down on thousands of tourists and observes the nuances of city life in New York.

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Author: Pia Sorli

Title: “Mall of Berlin”

Place: Berlin, Germany

Description: Photo taken in Berlin during short get away. We were super hungry so we ran into the shopping mall'S top floor and got some curry.

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Author: Florian Nepravishta

Country: Albania

Title: “The magic bubble at the heritage site in Roma”

Description: Children's hands trying to catch bubbles in Via dei Fori Imperiali, Roma

Bio: Florian Nepravishta is an architect and professor at Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania). His teaching activity and scientific research are oriented toward architectural design, housing, heritage conservation, and urban regeneration. He is photo enthusiast and uses photography to collect inspirations and memories from daily life.

© Florian Nepravishta, “The magic bubble at the heritage site in Roma”

Author: Lucas Fidalgo

Country: Brazil

Title: "Guarda"

Place: Venice, Piazza San Marco

Description: it means a form as brazilians generally say "cop" or a request to protect something or someone safe, but also means "watch (imperative)" in italian. It was taken in Venice, Italy. This photo has three important layers. The farest one is San Marco's Church, a UNESCO patrimony. In the middle, some of the thousands of tourists that visit it every single day. In the first plan, in the shadows, there is a soldier and a couple. The Soldier is practically invisible to the eyes of the tourist, besides the fact that he is heavily armed.

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Author: Enis Abdullahu

Country: Prishtina Kosovo

Title of Series: “Colors in Daily Life”

Title 1: “The lonely chair”

In the twilight of the evening, the light coming from the window was very eye-catching. But in my focus the main character was the chair.

Title 2: “Complementary”

Like any photographer, I have developed my own passions for color. In this context, it is very strange how by chance the negative word “Don’t" is found exactly where the two complementary colors are located.

Title 3: “Curiosity”

I am always amazed how the gaze of portraits brings a state of tension where the monotony reigns.

Title 4: “Consumption”

During the evening, artificial lighting prevails in the city between warm and cold. And what is noticeable in the social aspect of today's times is the coexistence between drama and pop culture

Title 5: “The flaming of chaos”

The art of street photography always stimulates the imagination. In those moments, the sunset seemed to me as if the chaos of wires inflamed the facade and the clouds legitimized the smoke of the flames.

Title 6: "Abstract"

Construction industries have endlessly adapted tools that can fit into old buildings according to the needs of the residents. And this situation creates abstract compositions in my photography.

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Author: Evis Cerga

Country: Albania

Title: “City insider”

Place: Tirana, Albania

Bio: Evis Cerga is a translator, author of short stories book "Friendship Road". Evis uses photography as inspiration for her stories. She is a blogger at Shqiptarja.com

Author: Dorina Pllumbi

Country: Albania, Tirana

Title: "Empty but vigilant"

Place: Kamëz, Albania

Description: In an unfinished and uninhabited house in Kamza, the brick walls are still bare but a vigilant security camera watches passers along the empty property. Shot taken during the Laboratory of Urban Anthropology on 1-4 October 2021 in Kamëz, organized by the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Art Studies (IAKSA) in collaboration with Grupi ATA.

Bio: Dorina is an architect, researcher. As well as an amateur photography explorer

Author: Rajesh Dhar

Country: Kolkata, India

Title: “Royal living”

Place: Jaisalmer Fort, India

Description: Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in Rajasthan, India. It is believed to be one of the very few ‘living forts’ in the world, as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within the fort. Jaisalmer Fort is the second oldest fort in Rajasthan, built in 1156 AD by the Rajput ruler Jaisal. It is also known as the ‘Sonar Quila’ or Golden Fort. In 2013, Jaisalmer Fort, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Author: Arnab Ghosal

Country: India

Title: “Where Memories Resides”

Place : Mtskheta, Georgia.

Description: Day by day we are putting our lives into boxes. Life in flats and apartments detaches us from the earth, from nature. Everything is artificial day to day in our life. In this ancient structure in Georgia, I found some memories. Memories of ancient living space and juxtaposition a present-day living. It’s a combination of two images to create the story.

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Author: Darnia Hobson

Series: “Contradictions”

Title 1: “Anchor”

Title 2: “Chambers”

Title 3: “Fold”

Title 4: “Monolith”

Title 5: “Pulpit”

Place: Christchurch, New Zealand

Description: These images form part of a larger series depicting new and rebuilt buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand post a large series of devastating earthquakes. This destroyed the majority of the central business district and has meant a prolonged rebuilding phase which is still far from complete over 10 years later. I chose an impressionist drawing based style to record the feeling of contradiction in the city; the style, mood and the mixture of new and old. I hoped that the motion would capture an ephemerality, a essence of space, both fleeting and timeless at once. The pictures capture new architecture, framing and bracing temporarily holding things upright and completed restorations of historic buildings. The city has been recovered from the brink and I have captured this story over the past year as a record of new beginnings a definite revival. These are single exposure images with little post production work as I prefer to do all the work in camera, redrawing a moment in time.

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Author: Josep Sánchez

Country: Spain, Barcelona

Title: “Modernism”

Place: The largest modernist complex in the world is located in Barcelona.

Description: It is the greatest work of the Barcelona architect Domènech i Montaner, the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, who created a small city made up of isolated buildings surrounded by 16,000 square meters of gardens. Since 1997 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Author: Pierre Moulin

Country: France

Title: “The Stone Factor”

Place: Marseille, France

Description: Here is a shot of a residential building in Marseille, with a beautiful carving work that represents the history of the metropolis in a general design that is rather modern (60s-70s). It is a solid stone build with an optimistic, understated intention, confident about the future, at that time, with bold features (the entrance like an echo) that surely underlines the state of mind of the architect. What we see in the photo is the usual urban graffiti, the perpetual mediterranean light, and a tree. But what stays with me is the choice of materials with the spartan-like structure: limestone and a contemporary tiling of a harder stone to challenge the test of time. An Homage to the City.

Author: Abdulrahman Ali Bin-Break

Title: “The Skyscrapers of Desert”

Place: Shibam Hadramout, Yemen

Description: A historical house made of mud based on the principle of vertical construction in the old walled city of shibam which is considered a UNESCO World Heritage place in Yemen.

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© Abdulrahman Ali Bin-Break, “The Skyscrapers of Desert”

Author: Dibakar Roy

Title: “Two by two”

Place: Kolkata, India.

Description: Our old Calcutta has changed to a A1 city Kolkata but till our North Kolkata's people are living their colonial life in an old big building.

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Author: Sofia Erto

Title: “Blue”

Place: Edinburgh, Scotland

Description: I took this picture in Edinburgh at sunset. This corner, very close to the old town, captured my attention because it completely clashes with the fascinating medieval architecture of the surroundings.

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Author: Jing Yuan Huang

Title: “Traditional and Modern”

Place: Taipei, Taiwan

Description: The building in front of the photo is the Grand Hotel in Taipei. The exterior of the Grand Hotel references a Chinese palace, and its splendor contrasts with the modern cityscape behind it. This shows the fusion of different styles of architecture in the city, which some see as a conflict. However, such cultural integration can demonstrate the diversity and inclusiveness of a city.

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Author: Bia Serranoni

Title: “Resistance 1 / Resistance 2”

Place: Salvador, Brazil

Description: The pace of contemporaneity in big cities encourages the abandonment of old constructions and the turning of the eyes toward the new. In cities where the housing deficit is still very large, the non-use of these old structures for shelter and housing shows how much the city is a priority for those who hold the capital.

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Author: Kim Injae

Country: South Korea

Title of Series: Report on the chimney

Description: With rapid industrialization and technological development, the city's time and space are changing rapidly. Urban Regeneration is a way to utilize abandoned factories that have been neglected for decades. Some abandoned factories have been designated as urban cultural spaces or industrial cultural heritages and are being planned as new urban spaces. These spaces are my photo spots. The traces of the workers disappeared out of the stage of time and could not be captured, but the stories of those people exist in the old and faded factory structures. I want my images to illuminate an era of abandoned products of the industrial age that have been neglected for a long time, and serve as an indicator to reflect on the industrial heritage and move forward into the future. Skyscraper-like chimneys towering over faded, fenced-off buildings, both past and present, demonstrate human desire.

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Author: Carolina Carmini

Title: “No Line On The Horizon” (Series)
Place: São Paulo, Brazil
Description: There is no horizon in São Paulo. The city grows. But for whom? While new works dominate the horizon, old buildings are abandoned, awaiting the end of their days. At a breakneck pace, things are born and die, with no real urban planning, no empathy for its citizens, no care for the environment. A sea of buildings covers the sky until the eye loses sight. Green and blue no longer have spaces. The discourse of politicians and businessmen tells us that the city is "modernizing", but the feeling of suffocation dominates us every day. The gray color is taking over the landscape little by little. Isn't there a horizon for São Paulo?

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Author: Zeynep Ayta

Title: (De)Construction

Place: Istanbul, Turkey

Description: This photo was taken in a neighbourhood called “Fikirtepe” in İstanbul, which is one of the first areas that became a victim of the so-called “urban transformation project”. The project that had been initiated with the goal of re-building the structures that are not earthquake-resistant; led to an unpleasant era of never-ending constructions, displacement of the neighbourhood residents who had been there for all their lives, for the rich to buy the new residences that are yet to be completed.

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Author: Kelebogile Xaba

Title of Series: “Hillbow”

Place: Johannesburg, South Africa

Description: The images are captured in the inner-city suburb of Hillbrow, which is plagued by rampant urban decay, but still exudes immense cultural and architectural beauty. The works question the communities' perception of self, especially because most of Hillbow's residents live there because of circumstance. The work is heavily influenced by Mack Magagane's series, IN THIS CITY, where he explores the city of Johannesburg from the rooftops of high-rise buildings. Exploring some of the socio-political issues surrounding the state of the infrustructure, in relation to the current political climate of the country as well as the historical political context of South Africa, the work becomes an essential talking point on the way we live as a country.

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Author: Herpe, Gregory

Title: “The Infinitely small & the Infinitely Large”

Place: Brussels, Belgium

Description: This photo represents for me the social injustice that continues to grow. There are the rich, richer and richer, and the poor, poorer and poorer. Those who live at the top of skyscrapers, in huge luxurious apartments, and those who live at the bottom, in cellars or caravans. Nothing changes in our cities, society. I find it sad, because with the climate change, I think that this inequality will become even more unbalanced.

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© Herpe, Gregory, “The Infinitely small & the Infinitely Large”

Author: Wasswa James

Title: “Architecture without architects”

Description: The photo is taken in Kasokoso, one of the slums not so far from Kampala, showing a congested accomodation place where some of the city dwellers stay.

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Author: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Title: “The Bamboo Slum_Bangladesh”

Bio: photographer/filmmaker for UNWomen, Asian Development Bank, ActionAid & FAO, represented by ZUMA Press, Redux Pictures, and Inter Press Service (IPS) News Agency .

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