Photography Exhibition THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE - 7th Edition
“THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE” Online Photography Exhibitions 7th edition, at Tati Space Photography Center
THE PRESENTATION
7th edition of the Online Photo Exhibitions with the theme:
THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE
We are pleased to present the 7-th edition of the Online Photography Exhibitions at Tati Space Photography Center, with the Theme THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE.
Black and White Photography is the oldest form of photography. And yet it remains very modern, as it offers different interpretations. Some artists appreciate it because in the absence of colors, black and white photography is more powerful to convey emotions. Others use monochrome photography to go back in time and evoke memories. Other artists use it for purely aesthetic and graphic reasons, as black and white photography offers strong contrasts and many tonalities of shades.
We are happy that to our invitation have been responded many artists from different parts of the world: USA, UK, Canada, Ukraine, Albania, Croatia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, India, Chine, Brazil, among others. From a large number of submissions 245, we have selected 58 authors. Their photographs are categorized in 3 Categories ARCHITECTURE, PEOPLE, PLACES.
We hope you enjoy them all!
Curator
Alketa Misja
Tatì Space Center
CATEGORIES
Photography Exhibition THE CITY IN SUMMER (6-th Edition)
We are pleased to present the 6th edition of the Online Photography Exhibitions at Tati Space Photography Center, with the Theme THE CITY IN SUMMER.
THE PRESENTATION
We are pleased to present the 6-th edition of the Online Photography Exhibitions at Tati Space Photography Center, with the Theme THE CITY IN SUMMER. In the beginning of October, we made the open call to participate in the online exhibition with a photography or a series of your city, or the one you have visited, seen through the lens of your camera, detached from the commercial or touristic perspective. It could be a problematic you had noticed and captured, an attitude of the inhabitants or the tourists who were passing by, or it might be a pure aesthetic photograph.
We are happy that to our invitation have been responded many artists from different parts of the world: USA, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Ukraine, Albania, Croatia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, India, Chine, Brazil, among others. From 103 submissions, we have selected 33 authors, hoping that in addition to the aesthetic values, the photographs will reveal to you familiar and experienced moments of the Summer in the City.
Hope you enjoy them all!
Curator
Alketa Misja
CATEGORIES
Photography Exhibition THE CITY OF WOMEN (5th Edition)
We are pleased to present the 5th edition of Online Photography Exhibitions at Tati Space, with the Theme THE CITY OF WOMEN. Since the beginning of March, for almost 3 months, we opened the call for submission to participate in the Exhibition. We named it THE CITY OF WOMEN because we wanted to see how the photography can represent the Female Universe in today’s urban society….
THE PRESENTATION
We are pleased to present the 5th edition of Online Photography Exhibitions at Tati Space, with the Theme THE CITY OF WOMEN. Since the beginning of March, for almost 3 months, we opened the call for submission to participate in the Exhibition. We named it THE CITY OF WOMEN because we wanted to see how the photography can represent the Female Universe in today’s urban society.
Women constitute half of the population and of the workforce in the planet, yet they are underrepresented in decision-making, much less in the decisions of the city, which has historically been designed and built by men to serve a patriarchal society. A trend that continues today, even in the most modern societies. The issue is how women behave and are adopted in such a society. And who can show this better than a photograph.
We are happy that to our invitation have been responded many artists from different parts of the world: Ukraine, Albania, Brazil, Japan, Kosovo, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, Bangladesh, Egypt, etc. Among them, we have selected 15 artists, hoping that in addition to the aesthetic values, the photographs will reveal to you familiar and experienced moments of the female universe.
Hope you will enjoy them all, as we did!
Curator
Alketa Misja
Author: Olha Lobazova
Country: Ukraine
Title of Series: Stress And Strain
Place: Berlin, year 2022/2023.
Description: Stress and Strain are the two terms in Physics that describe the forces causing the deformation of objects. Deformation is known as the change of the shape of an object by applications of force. The object experiences it due to external forces; for example, the forces might be like squeezing, squashing, twisting, shearing, ripping, or pulling the objects apart.
The series is a reflection on my anxiety, anger and helplessness caused by immigration, war and bringing a new life into this world during these times. With the necessity to keep up with all the traumatic events there is an enormous unreleased stress which causes the deformation of my mind and body. This story is about me watching my own self destruction.
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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: 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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© Roman Kosh, Gold
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.
© Karin Majoka, Smile despite the rain
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
Links of the author: Website
© Fred Maro, Rumor Mill
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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© MIchal Čáp, Siesta
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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© David Pujado, FemalePower
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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© Steven-Kruit, The Surfing Girl
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.
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.”
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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
Photography Exhibition CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE 2021
Online Photography Exhibition with the theme “The City in BLACK AND WHITE Photography” 2021.
TATÌ SPACE Photography Center presents the third online Exhibition with the theme “The City in BLACK AND WHITE Photography”. We thank the participating artists who responded to our open invitation, bringing interesting interpretations of the monochrome city, from different parts of the world; France, Chile, USA, Albania, Spain, Austria.
Author: Albert Cmeta
Title: It is only Tirana ...
Place: "Zogu i Zi" roundabout, Tirana
Description: "Cosmic S" is a work by world-famous Albanian artist Helidon Xhixha. It is an expression of the transformation that Tirana is undergoing day by day.
© Albert Cmeta
Author: Florian Nepravishta
Title: (1) MGM National Harbor, DC Waterfront. (2) “Untitled” Uji Ftohte Vlore, Albania
Description: Two contrasted photographs: Amerika versus Albania
© Meti Spahiu
Author: Alketa Misja
Title: Kollonat, Tirana, Albania
Description: The Western Fasade of Kollonat, a building of Rational Modernism in Albania of 1940s built with a project of well-known architect Gherardio Bosio. The photo is shoot in 4x5 inch film with Garflex Crown Graphic. Both the Camera and the Building belong to the same era of modernism, now part of history. The photo is part of the Series “Exploring Modern Architecture in Albania”
© Alketa Misja
Author: Rozafa Shpuza
Title: Showcase Traps
Place: Shkoder April 2021, Albania
Description: A store closed due to Covid-19. Showcases have naked mannequins. No one buys clothes in stores during this period. Meanwhile, the dormitory of the University of Shkodra is reflected in the windows of these sad shop windows, and a passerby on bicycle is rushing somewhere. This is the refrain of a street in my city that used to buzz…
© Rozafa Shpuza
Author: Andi Papastefani
Title: Tiny Titans River, Under Snow
Place: Lana River, Tirana, Albania
© Andi Papastefani
Author: Genta Karanxha
Title: The tree
Description: “I am an architect based in Tirane. My artistic eye is very sensitive to these kind of angles; I'm always drawn to find interesting and creative perspectives in my city. Toptani shopping center's facade reflects the interesting volume of The Plaza Tirana…”
© Genta Karanxha
Author: Josep Sánchez
Title: Lights and Shadows
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Description: The Gothic Quarter, is the oldest nucleus and one of the most beautiful areas of the city. It is made up of narrow and labyrinthine medieval streets, which gives it a mysterious air.
© Josep Sánchez
Author: Milicent Fambrough
Title: Afternoon
Place: San Antonio Texas USA
Description: Afternoon is the image of our downtown street of commerce. This stretch of road is endlessly busy. The tourists and locals mingle on pavement. Heavy foot traffic in the shadows of historic architectural landscape.-M 2021
© Milicent Fambrough
Author: Rudina Aleksi
Title: Notre Dam de Paris.
Graduated from the Polytechnic University of Tirana, with a degree in Architecture, major Urban Planning. After working for a couple of years in Urban Planning in Albania, Rudina moved to Toronto, Canada, where she has been working for several architectural firms. She enjoys architecture and landscape photography.
© Rudina Aleksi
Author: Dorina Pllumbi
Title: Facing Manhattan
Place. Brooklyn Heights Promenade, New York
Dorina is an architect, researcher, and amateur photography explorer.
© Dorina Pllumbi
Photography Exhibition SUMMER IN CITY 2020
Online Photography Exhibition “SUMMER IN CITY” 2020
TatìSpace presents the second online photo exhibition with the theme "SUMMER IN CITY". In these difficult pandemic times for the whole world, we asked photographers from all over the world, professionals and amateurs, of different ages and professions, to respond to the theme of the city during summer. This summer was unusual for all of us. In absence of freedom of movement and the many problems that the pandemic brought, our lives were not the same. Most of us were forced not to travel as usual but to stay in the same place of residence, being adopted into a new relationship with the city and its fellow citizens. In this period, photography remained a faithful companion and a worthy visual reflection of our experiences in this new relationship between citizens, society and territory. Hoping that you will enjoy in this Exhibition pieces of different experiences from the participating photographers, we thank all the artists who responded to our invitation.
Thank You!
TatìSpace
Author: Rozafa Shpuza
Title: “Waiting”
Place: Shkodër, Albania
Description: The pandemic made the city anxiously await people's steps, smiles, haste, conversations. Everything fell silent and the empty chairs waited in hope that they would be accompanied again by the people, who would sit carefree to drink a coffee.
© Rozafa Shpuza “Waiting”
© Genta Karanxha “Late Night Walk”
Author: Michelle Mayer
Title: “Border Crossing”
Place: Border of Hoboken and Jersey City, New Jersey
Description: Fewer cars traveling on now uncrowded city streets has meant cleaner air and a drastic rise in birdsong this summer. Here at what is normally an excessively busy intersection -- busy with cars and pedestrians below and a light rail above -- two pigeons relax, despite momentarily eyeing a curious photographer as she passes the border between Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey.
© Michelle Mayer “Border Crossing”
Author: Rudina Aleksi
Title: “Escape from the City”
Place: Toronto Canada
Description: Photo taken from Toronto Centre Island. Centre Island is a 10min boat ride from Toronto Harbourfront and offers spectacular views of the Toronto skyline. Everyone wants to escape sometimes.
Rudina Aleksi graduated in 1995 from the Polytechnical University of Tirana, with a degree in Architecture, major Urban Planning. She has worked for two years in the Urban Planning department of the city of Fier, before moving to Toronto, Canada, where she has been living for 22 years. Architectural firms where she has been working include PDA Architects and HOK Canada. Currently, she has been working with BH Architects for almost 11 years now.
© Rudina Aleksi “Escape from the City”
Author: Albert Cmeta.
Title: “Kids find game everywhere”
Place: Former fields of aviation, Tirana
Description: The children of the neighbourhood, at the former aviation field, in absence of games dedicated to this age group, found a fun way to play (jumping on the fountains, since it was summer, refreshing themselves at the same time :-)). Children have the ability to turn everything into a game ...
© Albert Cmeta “Kids find game everywhere”
Author: Doriana D. Musaj
Title Photo 1: “The wall of tears”
The logo of the 100th anniversary of Tirana as the capital used as a seal for the crime committed, that of the destruction of the Theater on May 17, 2020. The first summer without a Theater.
Title Photo 2: “Postcard Tirana 2020”
The last image of the City Clock without the towers, shadowing its era. The classic black and white postcard of Tirana ...
Title Photo 3: “Graffiti”
Puppet Theater Square at noon, in a day of July, a favorite place of teens who use graffiti to scream against the conventionality of their time.
Author: Loreta Çapeli
Title: “A little of Corbusier in the City”
Place: Tirana, Albania
Loreta Çapeli is an architect, lecturer in the History of Architecture, at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Polytechnic University, Tirana. Her main areas of research are the History of Architecture, both, of the World and the Albanian one, also the critics and the architectural analysis of built typologies, the re-evaluation and restoration of the monuments of cultural heritage.
Author: Miranda Haxhi
Title: “A summer day in the surrounding hills of Tirana”
Place: Tirana Albania
Miranda Haxhi is an architect urban planner, she has worked at the National Institute of Urban Planning in Cities and Coastal Development Plans.
© Miranda Haxhi “A summer day in the surrounding hills of Tirana”
© Alketa Misja, Himara by Night
Photography Exhibition MY CITY 2020
Online Photography Exhibition MY CITY 2020
Tatì Space presents the first Online Photo Exhibition, with the theme MY CITY. We are pleased that to our open invitation have been answered many authors, of different professions, nationalities and ages, photographers, architects, urban planners, students, writers, artists from Albania, Kosovo, USA, Spain, Italy, etc. The CITY, this complex and multidimensional organism, offers different ways of interpretation. For some authors, it is the city of contemporary architecture, compositions, colors and pleasing aesthetics. For some others, it is the city where modernity coexists in harmony with the long tradition of construction. On the contrary, for local architects and urban planners, this desired harmony does not exist in the Albanian urban scape, but the new "screams, violates, disdain". For some authors, the city is a place of melancholy and meditation. Some of the participating photos were taken during Covid19, that put the professionals and artists in new challenges and questions. We hope that the viewers will enjoy the photographs of the exhibition, and find in them pieces of their own city. We thank all the participating photographers, and wish to meet them again at the upcoming events of TatìSpace.
Author: Sokol Mitrojorgji
Title: “Contact”
Place: Tirana, Albania
Description: Visual focal points in the urban environment that create diverse experiences of the built environment.
© Sokol Mitrojorgji “Contact”
Author: Sabina Darova
Title: “Hand in hand”
Place: Asti, Italy
Description: I have lived for 26 years in Italy, in the city of Asti, where tradition goes hand in hand with the new. The city preserves the Roman walls, alleys and buildings from the XII century, as new. He cares for and protects them with much love. This is the message I want to convey in this exhibition.
© SabinaDarova “Të Kapur Për Dore”
Author: Rozafa Shpuza
Title: “Water Solitude”
Place: Shkodra Lake, Albania
Description: During the winter Shkodra was flooded by heavy rains. The photo was shot in Shiroka; a table and a lonely chair, immersed in the waters of the lake, as if to remind us that we are powerless in the face of the whims of nature.
© Rozafa Shpuza “Water Solitude”
Author: Dardan Vukaj
Title: “The Stage”
Place: National Theater, Tirana, Albania
Description: The photo was taken during the demolition of the National Theater Building. The destruction started on the night of May 17, the manifestation of powerlessness that many times citizens fail to defend their own city.
© Dardan Vukaj “The Stage”
Author: Alketa Misja
Title “In front of Pyramid”
Place: Tirana, Albania
Alketa Misja is an architect urban planner and photographer from Albania. She uses Photography as a tool to investigate different forms and outcomes of urban transformations.
website: www.alketamisja.com , Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo
© Alketa Misja “In front of Pyramid”
Authore: Doriana Musaj
Title: “Overlapping city”
Place: Tirana, Albania
Description: Residents and buildings in Tirana, in conflict between them, for the free urban space, that is running out.
© Dorina Musaj “Overlapping City”
Author: Reald Keta
Title: “Magic City”
Place: Tirana, near ETC, Albania
Description: In the photo is shown the former parking lot near the ETC, during a heavy rain flood. The image is upside down.
© Reald Keta “Magic City”
Author: Evis Cerga
Title 1: “There are flowers even in bunker”
Title 2: “Kur hiqen Maskat”
Place: Tirana, Albania
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
© Evis Cerga “There are flowers even in bunker”
© Evis Cerga “Kur Hiqen Maskat”
Author: Milicent Fambrough
Title 1: “Aztec Theatre”
Title 2: “Convention center”
Title 3: “Pearl Brewery”
Titlei 4: “The Bakery”
Place: San Antonio Texas, USA
Description: I am a contemporary artist and writer from San Antonio Texas. These are all popular landmarks in my hometown San Antonio. We are friendly people. We talk to neighbors and help others in need. I love my city.
Author: Loreta Çapeli
Title 1: “2000 Years of Urban Stratification”
Title 2: “Threat”
Title 3: “Competition”
Place: Durres, Albania
Description: The City reflects urban stratification, but often the new screams, violates, disdain.
Loreta Çapeli is an architect, lecturer in the History of Architecture, at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Polytechnic University, Tirana.
© Albert Cmeta “Evening over the City”
Author: Miranda Haxhi
Title: “Day and Night”
Place Tirana, Albania
Description: The photos were taken from the window of my house during carantine days. The contrast between uncontrolled cement, and the beautiful natural landscape that surrounds Tirana, remains the challenge of Tirana's urban development.
Miranda is an architect urban planner, she has worked at the National Institute of Urban Planning with City and Coastal Development plans.
Author: Vllasi Foto
Title: "The opposite summer"
Place: Independence Square, Vlora, Albania
Description: It was supposed to be a holiday, but the weather did not agree…luckily I had the camera with me.
© Vllasi Foto “The Opposite Summer”
Author: Fitim Haziri
Title: "Near"
Place: Prishtina, Kosovo
Description: In a restless city , in the twilight, the eyes have the opportunity to see the sunlight and its colors in the windows of its buildings.
© Fitim Haziri “Near”
Author: Catalina Aranguren
Title: “With my dog”
Place: Jersey City, USA
Description: This photograph was taken in April, after the Coronavirus made everyone scamper into their homes. No one was around, the streets were empty, and it would appear even more so with the doubling of the reflection. I am wearing a mask and walking my dog around the block.
© Catalina Aranguren “With my dog”
Author: Josep Sánchez
Title: “Tram Glories”
Place: Glories Square /Els Encants Market, Barcelona, Spain
Description: I take the snapshot near the Agbar Tower, just one step away from the Tram.
© Josep Sanchez “Tram Glories”
Author: Andi Papastefani
Title: “Yellow Corner”
Place: Street of Kavaja, Tirana, Albania
Facebook Sketches of the Cities - Andi Papastefani
© Andi Papastefani “Yellow Corner”
Author: Glendi Kurtiqi
Title: “Blazing Sunset”
Place: Tirana, Albania
© Glendi Kurtiqi “Blazing Sunset”
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