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
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THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE Online Photography Exhibitions 7th edition
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Author: Bia Serranoni
Country: Brasil
Museum Series – Louvre. Location: Paris
Museum Series – MAC. Location: Niteroi /Rio de Janeiro
Museum Series – MAR. Location: Rio de Janeiro
Museum Series – Soumaya. Location: Mexico City
The Museum Series, is based on capturing clippings of the architecture of important museums around the world, whose architecture is a significant part of the city's landscape, which often also characterizes them as a work beyond their function as a space. The series is also intended to highlight what might otherwise go unnoticed by the hurried eye.
Links of the author:
Website:https://biaserranoni.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biaserranonifotografia/
Author: Dan Bucko
Country: USA
Title of Series: “Exoskeleton”
Photo 1: “Curves and Spires”
Photo 2: “Illuminessence and Reflections”
Photo 3: “Layers”
Photo 4: “Sharp Angles”
Place: Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Description: Bathed in the soft glow of reflected light, the Walt Disney Concert Hall rises like a symphony in steel and glass. Its form, a captivating interplay of angles and curves, feels poised to erupt into a crescendo of music. Within its sleek, modern embrace, melodies take flight, a testament to the beauty that resonates both inside and out.
Links of the author:
Website http://buckocreative.com/
Author: Dardan Vukaj
Country: Albania
Title of Series: “Vertical”
Photo 1: Brussels, Quatuor Building, Jaspers-Eyers Architects.
Photo 2: Milano, Generali Tower, arch Zaha Hadid
Photo 3: Milano, Bosco Verticale, arch Stefano Boeri
Photo 4: Milano, Regione Lombardia Tower, arch. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Description: A series of black and white photos that emphasize the verticality of buildings, by highlighting design elements such as rhythm, light-shadow, contrast, the texture of modern materials, futuristic design.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dardanvukaj_archframes/
Author: Josep Sánchez.
Country: Barcelona (Spain).
Title of Series: “The City of Justice”
Place: The City of Justice in Barcelona and Hospitalet de Llobregat.
Description:The City of Justice is the largest and most complex project of the Judicial Infrastructure Plan, carried out by the Department of Justice. It symbolizes the will of the Government to bring justice closer to citizens, modernizing it and making it more comfortable and accessible.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barcelonafotos/
Author: Miles Astray
Country: Germany
Title: “Supersymmetry”
Place: Paris, France
Description: The Francois-Mitterrand Library in Paris is one of the city's lesser-known landmarks and its modern look juxtaposes the city's traditional architecture. It consists of four buildings that are all shaped like open books with two sides (pages) at a 90-degree angle. This low angle creates an apparently infinite symmetry that is symbolic of the building's futuristic nature.
Links of the author:
Website: http://www.milesastray.com/
© Miles Astray, Supersymmetry
Author: Rich Martin
Country: Switzerland
Title: “Shanghai Tower + SWFC”
Place: Shanghai, China
Description: The Shanghai Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the third and twelfth tallest buildings in the world, stand next to each other in Shanghai's Pudong district dominating the area. Capturing these ultra-modern feats of architecture and engineering on vintage cameras and film was my way of exploring the contrast between the future and the past. These two images were shot on Ilford Delta 3200 film using a Pentax 6x7 camera. I developed the film in Ilford DD-X developer, fixed with Ilford Rapid fixer. There was no digital post-processing except dust-speck removal.
Links of the author:
Website: https://developerfluid.net
Author: Stéphane Louis
Country: France
Title: “Rialto Bridge”
Place: Venice, 2020
Description: An image of one of the most photographed building of one of the most photographed cities in the world through a glass.
Links of the author:
Website: www.stephanelouis.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/slouisphotographe
© Stéphane Louis, RialtoBridge Venice 2020
Author: Louise Muscat
Country: Malta
Photo title: “Snowfall In The City”
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: Snow falls on the Nordiska Museet in the city of Stockholm.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisemuscatphoto/
© Louise Muscat, Snowfall In The City
Author: Mariano Pedalino
Country: Italy
Title: “Berlin Karl Marx Allee”
Place: Berlin
Description: The photo is a double exposure of a building on the Karl Marx Allee in Berlin.
The Karl Marx Allee is characterised by buildings constructed in the 1950s, mostly belonging to the current of so-called socialist classicism, and designed on the model of the great cities of the Soviet Union such as Moscow, Kiev, Stalingrad and Leningrad
Website: https://marianopedalino.com/
Instagram: https://marianopedalino.com/
© Mariano Pedalino, Berlin Karl Marx Allee
Author: Helga Bahmer
Country: Hamburg, Germany
Title of Series "Metabolism Berlin"
Description: Metabolism - conversion of the organism foreign substances into substances that are native to the organism. Nature diffuses through the structures and buildings created by human. Concrete, stone and things; people breathe the cities air. My pictures seek an expression that represents the fight against the autonomy of nature, its control and utilisation.
The series was taken in April 2024 in various parts of Berlin.
Links of the author:
Website: https://500px.com/p/peggy-perfect
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helga_be_punkt/
Author: Zheltov Denis Yurievich
Country: Russia
Title: “Windows”
Place: Russia, St. Petersburg
Description: one of the houses of the old building of the city of St. Petersburg
Links of the author:
© Denis Zheltov, Windows
Author: Natalia Liubinetska
Country: Kyiv, Ukraine
Title: “The War in Ukraine 1, 2”
Place: Irpin, Ukraine
Description: The photos were taken in Irpin, Ukraine. A Russian missile hit a residential building. The house is now in a state of disrepair and unlivable, there is no water or electricity, but some families continue to live in it...
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liubinetska_photographer/
Author: Benaissa Ilyes
Country : Algeria
Title : “Hotel Oran”
Place : Oran , Algeria
Description of the photo : A photo of an unfinished hotel located on the seafront of Oran, Algeria
Social media :
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/benaissailyes/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/benaissailyes0/
© Benaissa Ilyes, Hotel Oran
Author: Ruslan Hajizada
Country: Azerbaijan
Title: “Multangular object”
Place: Istanbul, Turkiye
Description: This photo was captured at the territory of Jamlija mosque in Istanbul, Turkiye
© Ruslan Hajizada, Multangular Object
Author: Nurlan Tahirli
Country: Azerbaijan
Title: “Sommiar”
Place: Baku, Azerbaijan
Description: The scene was reminiscent of a passage from James Lillis's book "A Walk in Dreams", where he described a man surrounded by smooth, white surfaces everywhere. The atmosphere and color of the scene reminded me of this - a man walking in his dreams.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurlan_tahirli/
© Nurlan Tahirli, Sommiar
Author: Dimitris Lapousis
Country: Greece
Title: “Athens”
Place: Athens, Greece
Description: The Greek Parliament as a little planet.
Links of the author:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dlapousis/
© Dimitris Lapousis, Athens
Author: Pantaleo Musarò
Country: Italia
Title: “Twin Elevation”
Place: Bologna
Description: The photo taken in the city of Bologna is actually a monument, but while I was taking the shot it took me back to the structure of two identical skyscrapers that were mirrored, but at the same time I went with memories to the twin towers. So I gave the image that ghostly allure typical of the memory of painful events, I have of many cities with popular urbanization neighborhoods.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.pantaleomusaro.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pantaleomusaro
© Pantaleo Musarò, Twin elevation
Author: Tommaso Stefanori
Country: Rome, Italy.
Title of the Series: ''The E.U.R. District ''.
Description: This series of photos were shot in the E.U.R. district of Rome, Italy, one of the most architecturally iconic in the city. The intent of the shot is to underline the game of lights and shadows that these buildings can offer and also their inspiration to the old Roman Empire architecture.
Links of the author:
Website: https://tstefanori.wixsite.com/tommasostefanori
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommaso_stefanori/
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Author: Andrii Bulavka
Country: France
Title of the photos: “Dancing With the Spirits”, “Dubliners”, “The Year of Dragon”.
Description: The photo series "Dancing with the Spirits" (2023) from my trip to Michoacán, Mexico, during the Day of the Dead celebration explores the resilience of local traditions in honoring ancestors.
The photo series "Dubliners" (2024), named after the novel by Irish literary figure James Joyce, highlights scenes of street life of both residents and visitors of the Irish capital, as I seek to answer for myself what makes Dublin "my city" for Dubliners.
The photo series "The Year of Dragon" (2024) documents my trip to Shanghai during the celebration of the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival. Through this series, I aim to visually trace the cultural and societal evolution of this vast Chinese city from the traditional scenes I was fortunate to witness during the festival to the modern realities of the Chinese people, complete with skyscrapers and technologies.
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Author: Jean-Luc Feixa
Country: Belgium
Title: “Hexie Hao”
Place: China, Beijing and Shanghai
These pictures are part of the series Hexie Hao. Project done in several cities of China in 2018.
Links of the author:
Website: https://jlfeixa.bigcartel.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlfeixa/
Author: Jason Au
Country: Hong Kong
Photo 1: “Social Distancing”. On a Sunday during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hong Kong residents congregated in a shopping mall atrium. To tackle Covid-19, the Hong Kong government has enforced by law to prohibit group gatherings of more than four persons in public places. Therefore, every group of people maintained a minimum 1.5 meter 'social distance' from another group of people. A compliance officer wearing a lanyard around his neck was seen enforcing the social distancing rule.
Photo 2: “Solitude”. As evening falls, a lone figure sits on a bench, bathed in the glow of artificial illumination. Above him, the vast expanse of empty space seems to speak to the isolation and detachment that many feel in the modern world. The urban landscape that surrounds us is a product of our own creation - and yet, as we succumb to its allure, we can't help but feel a sense of loneliness and disconnection.
Photo 3: “Tunnel Vision”. As I stroll through the aisle of this remarkable building in Hong Kong, I find myself captivated by the interplay of light on the columns, which spill onto the textured ground, creating a mesmerising tunnel-like effect. Suddenly, a young scooter kid glides by, and I carefully time my shutter release to seize this fleeting moment.
Photo 4: “Working Platform”. In the bustling city of Hong Kong, it is common to witness suspended work platforms scaling the heights of towering skyscrapers. These platforms serve as temporary workplaces for brave workers who diligently clean and maintain the exterior walls of these impressive buildings.
Photo 5: “Box Junction”. Taken from an overpass in the city centre at night, a hurried person crosses the box junction, seemingly unfazed by the traffic. Even while on the move, the person is engrossed in a phone conversation.
Place: Hong Kong
Website: https://jasonaucs.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonaucs/
Author: Natia Tetiashvili
Country: Georgia
Place: New York, United States
Title of Series: “In BluR”
Description: The series features self-portraits in various locations around New York City. The photographs are deliberately blurred to emphasize the feeling of the struggle amid the overwhelming noise and confusion. The blurred face in each photograph serves as a metaphor for the blurred lines between self and environment, individual and collective, and the internal and external chaos one experiences in such a dynamic and demanding environment. Through this project, the artist hopes to spark a dialogue about mental health, self-discovery, and the human experience of navigating through life's uncertainties. By sharing this introspective visual narrative, they aim to inspire empathy, understanding, and meaningful conversations about the complexities of the human psyche and the universal quest for purpose, and inner peace amidst the noise and confusion of modern life."
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.teteshka.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teteshka__/
Author: Liana Darenskaya
Country: Moscow, Russia
Title: “Anxiety in big city” “Down Town” “Dreams of capital” “Financial piramid” “Where Am I”
Place: Moscow
Description: The photos were taken in Moscow, downtown and a bit far area, so called sleepy region of the city. I used digital collage technique to force the impression and mood.
Links of the author:
Website: https://lianadarenskaya.ru
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lianadarenskaya/
Author: Yudai Yoshikawa
Country: Japan
Title: “A ghost in Paris”
Place: Paris
Description: Rainy, cold, depressing but relaxing time in Paris
Author: Maksym Romenskyi
Country: Ukraine (based Portugal)
Title: “Festa”
Place: Portugal
Project Description: Festa is a holiday in Portuguese. People are hungry for festa. And the scarier the world around them, the more and more people want to celebrate. They eat like it's the last time, drink like it's the last time, and laugh. But sometimes where there is a lot of laughter, there is a lot of fear. This project focuses on the visual images of insecurity and fear that manifest during celebrations.
Links of the author:
Website: https://maksymromenskyi.com
Author: Donal Husni
Country : Indonesia
Title: “Jakarta The Sinking City”
Place : North Jakarta
Description : This series is from North Jakarta that have issue with sea level that getting higher than the ground, causing the houses flooded with sea water, every time monsoon happening.
Links of the author:
http://www.donalhusni.photoshelter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donalhusni/
Author: Muhammad Saidul Islam
Country: Bangladesh
Title: “Daily workers in Bangladesh”
Place : Daudkandi Comilla Bangladesh
Description: Bangladeshi daily laborers work tirelessly, transporting red sand for construction from all over the country, earning 300-500 BDT daily. They've used a plastic coin deposit system for 15 years. Men and women alike take breaks for meals and rest during their workday, which typically ends around 5 pm.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muhammad.photo/
© Muhammad Saidul, Daily workers in Bangladesh
Author: Tatiana Varfolomeeva
Country: Russia
Title: “Equality”
Place: Hong Kong
Description: This photo was taken in Hong Kong at Harbour city where all the famous shops are located.
Links of the author:
© Tatiana Varfolomeeva, Equality
Author: Mario Gustavo Fiorucci
Country: Argentina
Title: “Shadows for three”
Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Description: The evening light filtered through a street and created this play of shadows to create this image.
Links of the author:
© Mario Gustavo Fiorucci, Shadows for three
Author: Mary Crnkovic Pilas
Country: Croatia
Title: “Sweet Bird of Youth”
Place: Bol, Croatia
Description: This photo was taken while I was on holiday in Bol, Croatia. One day, while going home from the beach, I walked past a park that I have passed at least a hundred times. This time, to my delight, I noticed a little girl in a white dress with blond curls swinging on the swing, and beside her, her shadow.
Links of the author:
Website: https://themarvelsofdailylife.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.marvels.of.daily.life/
Mary Crnkovic Pilas, Sweet Bird of Youth
Author: Luca Morgantini
Country: Italy
Title: "The Urban Swing"
Place: Stuttgart
Links of the author:
Website: www.lucamorgantini.com
© Luca Morgantini, The Urban Swing
© George Digalakis, The Phone call
Author: George Digalakis
Country: Greece
Title: “The Phonecall”
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Description: A bicycle rider, talking to his phone, in front of the famous sculpture “Umbrellas” on the seafront of the city of Thessaloniki.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.digalakisphotography.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeDigalakisPhotography/
Author: Stefan Doynov
Country: Bulgaria
Title: “Skylight”
Place: Sofia, Stadium 'Vasil Levski' metro station entrance
Description: The photo shows a person entering the metro station who is being lit by two flying saucer-like skylights from the roof of the station.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doynov.raw/
© Stefan Doynov, Skylight
Author Liliya Zhilina
Country: Russia
Title of the Series: “Silent”
Place: Russia
Description: Feeling is a sensation we experience with a touch: both physical and spiritual. As a visual artist, I do not just see this world; I feel it. I create memories through emotional connection with everything that surrounds me. I narrate these intimate moments in photographs through metaphors and symbols, telling stories in feelings. I explore the complexity of human emotions, and how it influences the opinion, we form about ourselves. With my works, I hope to engage viewers in a silent conversation with themselves, during which they would come to accept themselves as they are, with everything they are feeling.
Liliya Zhilina, visual artist, specializing in art-fashion photography and film. In her
works, Liliya explores questions about identity, self-acceptance and complexity of human emotions. Her artistic philosophy she describes as “feeling in silence”. Through her works Liliya engages with an audience and awakes one’s consciousness not using words, but feelings that come with half-forgotten memories and moments in life.
Links of the author:
Website: http://iammeellz.tilda.ws
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammeellz/
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Author: Yurii Naumovych
Country: Ukraine
Title of series: “Parallels”
Place: Kyiv, Ukraine
Description: My project is a visual representation of various aspects of human life, emotions, and experiences. Black-and-white photography accentuates the contrast, drama, or abstraction in the images. Each diptych has its own theme or idea but collectively, they create connections, exploring contrasts, balance, the passage of time, and reflecting the inner states or social aspects of life.
Links of the author
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/naumovych
Author: Polovnikova Valentina
Country: Russia, Moscow.
Title: "Haiku.
Description: From the autumn-winter cycle.
Links of the author:
Website: https://vpolovnikova.ru
© Polovnikova Valentina, Haiku
Author: Eszter Ozsváth
Country: Hungary
Title of Series: “Perchè piangi, Roma?”
Place: Rome, Italy
Description: Although "Perchè piangi, Roma?" figuratively means "Why are you crying, Rome?", the word "piangere" also refers to raining. The series explores the strange occurrence of Rome, a city with an eternal soul, looking damp and gloomy in black-and-white - even after the clouds are all gone.
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Author: Mikhaylova Raisa
Country: Russia, Moscow
Title of Series "Paris Impression"
Description: "There is never any ending to Paris"- the photos were taken in multi-exposure mode during my trip to Paris in 2015.
Links of the author:
Website: https://raisamikhaylova.com/paris
Author: Carolina Carmini
Country: Brazil
Title: “Vestige”
Place: São Paulo
Description: This series explores the emptiness in the streets of the city of São Paulo, which are full of people every day filling their spaces. What is left when there is no more human life on the streets? If we all disappeared abruptly, what would city evidence say about us?
Our old buildings contrast with contemporary architecture, our streets, trails, trash, objects, signs, everything that makes up a city. What story would you tell about us? What this empty city would say about how we built it, how we experience it, occupy it, inhabit it. Reflect on our legacy, to rethink our present. All photographs in this series were taken on 35mm film.
Links of the author:
Website: https://carminicarolina.myportfolio.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caos.analogico/
Author: Maria Isabel Moreira
Country: Portugal
Title of series: “Porto”
Place: Porto, Portugal
Description: Old part of the city, UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misgm1/
Author: Ilija Stanusic
Title: “Old city”
Place: Šibenik,Trogir, Pirovac
Description: Most towns in Dalmatia have preserved old town centers with narrow streets. The houses were built of stone and compacted, which protected them from the summer heat and strong gusts of wind.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.stanusic.com
Author: Igal Stulbach
Country: Israel
Title of Series: “South Tel Aviv”
Description: Places in a south which is the poorer part of Tel Aviv
Links of the author:
Website: https://stulbach.com/#ms-1
Author: Eigil Eliassen
Country: Norway
Title: “Luz”
Place: Cartagena, Spain
Description: The Church "La Iglesia De Santa María De Gracia» In Cartagena, Spain.
A Luminous Cross On The Church Facade Is Formed By The Shadow Of Two Buildings Opposite.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eigilelias/
© Eigil Eliassen, Luz
Author: Pekka Lietepohja
Country: Finland
Title: “Main Street”
Place: Finland.
Description: A street of an abandoned tourist city. Analog photo with large format camera on sheet film.
Bio: I am a retired Professor from the University of Applied Sciences. I taught forest engineering at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. My main subjects were leadership, organizational behavior, sociology, and environmental philosophy. Taking photos is my favorite hobby. My photographic specialties are film photography in large format, medium format, and 35 mm size. One of my favorite specialties is alternative chemicals and methods. I take sometimes pinhole photos. Sometimes I develop my films with a beer developer, coffee developer, or developer of birch leaf concentration. My aesthetic aims are minimalism, black and white, and abstract expressions of life and shapes of scenery and human life.
Links of the author:
© .Pekka Lietepohja, Main Street
Author: Anamaria Prelipcean
Country: Romania, Bucharest
Title: “Ghosts of the trees”
Description: During a photowalk in Cernavoda, a small town in Romania, I took this photo. Those trees were like ghosts and the buildings seemed deserted. It was a surrealistic vibe for me.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anne_de_beauvoir
© Anamaria Prelipcean, Ghosts of the trees
Author: Zhengyi Wang
Country: France
Title: “Stones of the City”
Place: Singapore
Description: This photo shows a group of boulders in a meadow with the city skyline in the background. It contrasts the rough natural shape of the stones with the sharp modern buildings behind them. It is a reminder of how nature and city life are both separate and interconnected.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ishan.wong/
© Zhengyi Wang, Stones of the City
© Flori Nepravishta, Nature and Industry
Author: Florian Nepravishta
Country: Albania
Title: “Contrasts of Nature and Industry”
Place: Vlore, Albania
Description: This black-and-white photograph captures a striking juxtaposition between the natural and industrial worlds. In the foreground, a large, gnarled tree stands prominently, its branches reaching out against the sky. The tree's intricate details and textures are highlighted by the monochrome palette, emphasizing its rugged beauty. In the background, an industrial structure rises, its modern lines and shapes contrasting sharply with the organic forms of the tree. The scene is set on a sandy beach, with scattered driftwood and grasses adding to the natural elements. The overall composition evokes a sense of balance and tension between the enduring presence of nature and the encroaching influence of human industry.
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Author: Vasily Solodyankin.
Country: Russian.
Title: “Life in the city”
Place: 2024 Paphos, Cyprus.
Links of the author:
Website: https://vasolo.ru
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vasolo/
© Vasily Solodyankin, Life in the city
Author: Guanhua Yao
Country: China
Title: “Dimple”
Place: Detroit, USA
Description: Abstract photo. Explore the relationship between nature and the city. Traditionally, I envision trees and water ripples together in harmony, but now the ripples of trees have been replaced by the ripples formed by walls.
Links of the author:
Website: https://guanhuayao.online/
© Guanhua Yao, Dimple
Author: Denis Galitsyn
Country: Russia (but I haven’t lived there for almost 2 years)
Series "Light and Darkness"
Place: Istanbul 2022
Description: The photography mainly shows the geometry of light, shadows and objects coming out of a dark area into the light.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.behance.net/denisgalitsyn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eendmow/
© Denis Galitsyn, Stairway
Author: Joaquín Pastor Genzor
Country: Spain
Title: “Limitado”
Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Description: A policeman walks steadily towards the courthouse. He was photographed on a sunny winter’s day, using the reflection of the windows of an adjacent modern building to compose the scene.
Links of the author:
Website: https://joakkin.com
https://www.behance.net/joakkin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joakkin_street/
© Pastor Genzor Joaquín, Limitado
Author: Amirhossein Yousefi Keysari
Country: Iran,
Title: “Sanandaj”
Place: Abidar, Sanandaj, Iran
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_keysari/
© Amirhossein Yousefi Keysari, Sanandaj
Author: Ata Mohammad Adnan
Country: Bangladesh,
Title: “The Witness”
Place: Paris.
Description: An interesting view of the iconic Eiffel tower.
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.atamadnan.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ata.m.adnan/
© Ata Adnan, The Witness
© Josip Miskovic, Birds and butterfly
Author: Josip Miskovic
Country: Italy
Title: "Birds and butterfly”,
Place: Arezzo, Italy
Description: The photo of the sky above Arezzo (Tuscany).
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josip_miskovic/
Author: Samanta Krivec
Country: Slovenia
Title: “Shadow play”
Location: Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia
Description: Part of the modern shopping center in Croatia. On a sunny day you can play with shadows, you almost forget that you came for shopping.
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://samantakrivec.webnode.page
© Samanta Krivec, Shadow play
Author: Seyed Ali Hosseini Far
Country: Iran
Title: “Zebra Lines”
Location: Sabzevar City, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Description: A girl with black and white bangs crossing a street with a wall with a zebra-like street painting
Links of the author:
Website: https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/358620/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoseinifar.bnw/
© Seyed Ali Hosseini Far, Zebra Lines
Authors: Yevhen Samuchenko
Country: Ukraine
Title: “Window to the party”
Place: Shanghai, China
Links of the author:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qliebin/
Yevhen Samuchenko, Window to the party
Author: Amanda Lopes
Country: Brazil
Title of Series: “Setting Sun in Everyday Life”
Title 1: “Sunset Commute”
Place: Taubaté, SP - Brazil. The photograph shows the mix of the daily grind over the natural beauty of the evening sky. Representing the harmony between the urban landscape and the calm moment of a setting sun.
Title 2: “Electric Dusk”.
Place: São José dos Campos, SP - Brazil. Inside a mesmerizing mix of lights against the urban elements. It represents the beauty in the messiness of the urban life.
Title 3: “Urban Radiance”
Place: Taubaté, SP - Brazil. The photograph presents a cityscape that became part of my everyday commute, where I try to represent the contrast of the setting sun against the normal everyday life.
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OTHER 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 IN SUMMER (6-th Edition)
Category Single Shot, “THE CITY IN SUMMER” Online Photography Exhibitions 6th edition, at Tati Space Photography Center
CATEGORY 2: SIGLE SHOT
Author: Dustin Blochmann
Country: France
Title: Stairs of Menton
Place: Menton, France
Description: This photograph was taken in late summer 2023 in the french town Menton. A big staircase is leading up to the central cathedral and marks an entry point to the famous old town. It depicts a local woman leaving the church plaza in the direction of the beach line.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/full_time_millennial
Author: Louise Muscat
Country: Malta
Title: Promenade
Place: Nice, France
Description: An ordinary summer afternoon on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.
Website: https://500px.com/p/louisemuscat
© Louise Muscat “Promenade”
Author: Gaelle S. Warner
Country: France
Title: "The Summer of Paris"
Place: Paris, France
Description: Tourists outside the Louvre in Paris taking photos of the pyramid and posing in front of it.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaelleswarner/
Author: Jahan Golestani
Country: France
Title: Summer Cycling
Place: Strasbourg, France
Description: The photo was taken near the cathedral of Strasbourg on 19 July 2023 with a Canon 70d and a 50mm f 1.2 Canon lens.
Website: https://www.jgolestani.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JGolestaniPhoto
Author: Marco Claudio Campi
Country: Italy
Title: "Generational Gap"
Place: "Bastioni zone" of Milan
Description: This photograph aims to depict the generation gap, where the attire of two young individuals contrasts with the perspectives of two older persons. The two elderly individuals are separated by a gate, by which I wanted to symbolize the challenge of bridging this generational divide.
Bio: Marco Campi is an amateur street and documentary photographer who uses the camera as a medium to connect with the humanity. He had received various prizes, including being a finalist in the "Travel" category of the 2021 Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest, winning the first position in the 2021 New York Photography Award in the COVID-19 category, obtaining the second position in the "Science-Environment" category at the 2020 Tokyo International Photo Awards, and being exhibited in Berlin and Glasgow for the Bartur Photo Award 2021.
Website: https://marcocampi.photoshelter.com
Author: Ali Zolghadri
Country: Iran
Title: Between the Lines
Place: Tehran, Iran
Description: This photo was taken at the Tehran Freedom Tower, which is the most famous city tower. I recorded this photo in the summer and the warmest day of the month.
Website: https://500px.com/p/alizolghadri93
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alizolghadrii/
Author: Artin Darvishi
Country: Iran
Title: "Street Scene"
Place: Yazd, Iran
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artin.darvishii/
Author: Behzad Azimi
Country: Iran
Title: Hijab
Place: Iran birjand bazar
Description: Hijab is a mandatory covering in Iran. In the summer season, it is very difficult for women to bear this type of cover, And in case of not complying with this coverage, it will have unpleasant consequences for them. This photo symbolically represents this social issue and its consequences.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behzad_azimipix/
Author: MehdiSepehri
Country: Iran
Title: Fly
Place: Iran
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mehdiisepehri/
Author: Md Shahadat Hossain
Country: Bangladesh
Title : Golden Hour
Place: Nepal, Kathmandu
Description: Immersed in the serene ambiance of Kathmandu, this stunning shot features Boudhanath Stupa during the golden hour. The warm, golden glow of the setting sun enhances the intricate details of the Buddha stupa's white and gold architecture, creating a tranquil and timeless scene. This golden hour capture adds an extra layer of serenity to the spiritual essence of this iconic site in Nepal.
Website: https://shahadatshetu.weebly.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shahadat.shetu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shahadat_shetu/
© Shahadat Hossain “Golden hour”
Author: Debarun Biswas
Country: India
Title: Gratitude
Place: Kolkata, India
Description: Gratitude is part of the Series Chhath Puja. Chhath Puja is one of the major festivals of India. The festival lasts for four days and during Chhath Puja prayers are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to express gratitude and thankfulness for the gift of life on earth and to request the granting of certain wishes be granted. This auspicious day is observed by praying to Lord Sun and his wife Usha by lighting clay lamps and taking a dip in the holy waters of Ganga.
Instagram : https://instagram.com/debarunbiswas_street
Author: Dibakar Roy
Country: India
Title: City up and down
Place: New Town, Kolkata, India.
Description: City reflection of Kolkata, India during Summer.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbkr.roy/
Author: Ananya Bose Majumder
Country: India
Title: The Summer bath
Place: Kolkata, capital of Westbengal, India.
Description: During the hot summer season in our tropical country India, the temperature stays above 40 degree celsius almost throughout the summer days, during these hot days the river Ganges is a saviour for large amount of people, including this little playful boy, who is enjoying his bath in the soothing and cold water of the river Ganges during the time of sunset after dealing with a striking hot day of summer. His playfulness with the cold water caught my attention and I felt the true relief of that boy, while taking the picture.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bose.anann/
Author: Roman Kosh
Country: Russia
Title: “Splash”
Place: Gelendzhik, Russia.
Website: https://romankosh.su
Author: Tomáš Vlk
Country: Czech Republic
Title: Beauty in the puddle
Place: Prague, Czech Republic
Description: the photo was taken shortly after a storm on a day when every few minutes the situation changed from a storm to a sunny summer.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolfography_/
Author: Ilija Stanusic
Country: Croatia
Title: Trogir
Place: Trogir, Croatia
Description: Trogir is a city in Croatia that belongs to the Split-Dalmatia County. The city of Trogir was founded by Greek colonists from the island of Vis in the III century. BC Christ. It was considered the best preserved Romanesque-Gothic city in Central Europe. The castle and tower surrounded by walls form the core of Trogir.
Website: https://www.stanusic.com/
Author: Valentina Bunić
Country: Croatia
Title: The Mediterranean as It Once Was
Place: Vis (town), island of Vis, Croatia
Description: On hot summer days, you will most often meet children on the streets of the city of Vis. The photo shows a typical Viška street, surrounded by stone houses. A black cat sleeps on a white cabinet. The picture is completed by a beautiful girl with a calming gaze.
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/valentina.bunic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinabunbun/
Author: Rozafa Shpuza
Country: Albania
Title: Romance in Gjuhadol
Place: Shkodër, Albania
Description: In front of the house of Kol Idromeno, there is a bench, where passers-by occasionally sit there, as if they want to take something of the greatness of this multidimensional figure, as if they want to relive the magic of a time, already on the run.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rozafashpuza/
Author: Nataliia Radchuk
Country: Ukraine
Title: "Cat",
Place: Lviv
Description: When I was leaving my house, I saw this cat. He was sitting and waiting for me to take out the camera and take a picture of him.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/n_radchuk
OTHER CATEGORY: PHOTO SERIES
Photography Exhibition THE CITY IN SUMMER (6-th Edition)
Category Photo Series, “THE CITY IN SUMMER” Online Photography Exhibitions 6th edition, at Tati Space Photography Center
CATEGORY 1: PHOTO SERIES
Author: Słavek Pytraczyk
Country: Canada
Title 1: Backyard Fields
Title 2: In the Thistles
Title 3: Summer Sky
Title 4: Temporary Seasons
Place: Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: Included I have chosen four images, as they are all part of a series of photographs. Each photo is shot on 35mm film using the multiple exposure technique. During this session, I attempted to capture a season in a state of change. All seasons are temporary, they come and go with time. I walked around a small city where my parents now live in Saskatchewan, Canada. I tried not to capture THE scene, but something OF the scene, something that stands in for the whole. Using out of focus and multiple exposures, I hope to capture an image that captures a sense of time, a specific sensibility that the viewer themselves puts forth into each image.
Website: www.slavekpytraczyk.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slavek_pytraczyk/
Author: Polina Schneider
Country: Germany
Title: Bench, Mensch
Place: Hannover, Germany
Description: This photo series was taken during the first Corona lockdown period in Hanover between March and June 2020. During this time I often looked out the living room window and had observed that the bench across the street quickly transformed to some center of social life of my neighborhood: Friends, acquaintances, newly in love, parents with children, children without parents - everyone met at this very bench and spent there either a few brief moments, or sometimes even a whole evening; sitting, talking, walking around in circles, putting down groceries, playing around, or simply hanging out for reading, smoking or drinking.
In June 2020, however, the bench was dismantled due to road works.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polisnaps/
Author: Erdem Cerit
Country: Netherlands.
Title of series ''Everyone enjoys the sun in their own way''.
Photo 1: ''A Short Break'', Poland
Photo 2: ''Among the Bushes'' Netherlands
Photo 3: ''Nuns'' Poland
Photo 4: ''Sun Brings Happiness'' Germany
Website: www.erdemcerit.com
Author: Andrew Hendrick
Country: USA
Title of series: Beat the Heat
Place: New York City
Description: Taken in various locations around the city this series depicts New Yorkers trying to find refuge from the heat.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scenebydrew/
Author: Ana Maria Prelipcean
Country: Romania.
Title: Cuba
Description: Over the last years I've been wondering the streets trying to capture the vibe of different cities in the world. I loved Cuba for its colors and textures and each photo had the intention to transmit the emotions I felt in that country, seeing the people and smelling the cities.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anne_de_beauvoir/
Author: Nurlan Tahirli
Country: Azerbaijan
Title of series: Invisible City
Place:
Description:
Website: http://www.tahirli.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurlan_tahirli/
Author: Trever Tachis
Country: California USA
Title of series: Cityscapes
Place: San Francisco
Description:
Website: www.trevertachisphotography.com
Author: Darnia Hobson
Country: New Zealand
Title: “Chain series”
Place: Christchurch, New Zealand
Description: Chain is a series of double exposed icm images of architecture taken on a city walk. The motion echoes the strong summer winds and the movement through the streets. I considered the spaces around the buildings, rather than focusing on the structures themselves using the available light to model the images.
Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/darnia.hobson/
Author: Andi Papastefani
Country: Albania
Description: Andi Papastefani is an architect and urban sketcher. He is author of “Tirana -100 years capital” and “In Berat -walking and sketching”. For this exhibition, I’ve asked Andi how he uses photography in his creative process of urban sketching.
“Drawing and Photography have similarities and also differences. The name of Photography- drawing with light - make it clear the similarities between two arts that even use the same rules of composition. Both are important for recording purposes. The difference lay in the age of these arts; Drawing is almost old as the humanity, instead, Photography is only near 150 years old. For me Photography is impulsive, instead Drawing is meditative. Photography for me represents the object with fidelity and honesty, instead, Drawing is more subjective, I can express what I think is the essence of the object, and I can let unfinished or even out parts of it. When you have to engage in both, it is important to evaluate which of these arts can represent the object better, or which gives the idea of the composition clearer for the audience. In the end both they show the spirit of the artist.”
Title 1: “Lin”, Albania
Title 2: “Gjirokastra”, Albania
Author: Nicolas Vazquez Reyes
Country: USA
Title of Series: "City of Stars"
This series contains 4 polaroids taken from my SX-70 Land Camera documenting my trip to Los Angeles, California.
Photo 1: "Sharing the Sunset" depicts our last night on the West Coast, and with the sun quickly setting, everyone pulled out their cameras to capture the moment.
Photo 2: "California Sun” you can see the blinding light illuminating the sea and sky, creating a wide array of warm and cold colors.
Photo 3: "Red Flowers" contains a beautiful bombardment of a red flower bed resting at the base of the cliffside, the sun shining perfectly.
Photo 4: "City Scape" reveals to us the scale and architecture of downtown LA, all in a perfect grid and symmetrical, but still full of life and light, much like its residents.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicosphotosss/
Author: George Dodd
Country: USA
Title: Northwest Skyline, Beginning and End
Place: Seattle
Description: Seattle, Washington skyline in June and August (taken with an Autel Evo II Pro)
Instagram: https://beauimages.myportfolio.com/
Author: Nefeli Charvalia
Country: Greece
Title Picture 1: Blue house
Place: Athens in 2021.
Description: As soon as I saw this old house by the sun I was moved by the harmony of the colors and the lighting in this scenery.
Title Picture 2: White house
Place: Piraeus 2021
Description: Just an old little cantine house, completely abandoned and forgotten, probably ignored by people walking past it. However it catched my eye because it has something coming from a completely different time, something completely unknown to me.
Title Picture 3:
Place: Alimos, Athens 2020
Description: An abandoned lifeguard's house. Its rusty red color creates a contrast along with the sand's warm color and the cold blue tones of the sea.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nefeli_charvalia/
Author: Mayank Makhija
Country: India
Title 1: Burning Mountains
Place: New Delhi, India
Description: A man scavenges for recyclables as smoke billows from a burning garbage mound at one of the largest landfill sites, Bhalswa, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, on June 5, 2022. Piles of untreated garbage, coupled with rising temperatures, lead to excess emissions of methane from such landfills, often resulting in blazes. The frequent fires that break out at the site are a menace to tens of thousands of people living near the landfill. The waste that catches fire releases nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide, which cause breathing ailments for people.
Title 2: Signs of Climate Change
Place: New Delhi, India
Description: Boys walk through a partially dry riverbed in Yamuna after searching for recyclable materials on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, on April 30, 2022. The Yamuna River is the longest tributary of the Ganga in India, and its water is used for a range of activities like irrigation, drinking, industries, bathing, laundry, etc. However, due to increased temperatures and heat waves during the summer, the holy river dried up to its lowest point.
Title 3: Unsustainable Development
Place: Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Description: A scooterist passes by the coal-fired thermal power plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Dadri in Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 5, 2022. Amid the rampant rise in power demand due to the prevailing heatwave, India is staring at its coal-based power plants, which are responsible for about 70% of India's electricity generation, resulting in carbon emissions leading to global warming.
Title 4: Water: A Daily Struggle
Place: New Delhi, India
Description: A woman carries her containers filled with water from a municipal water tanker to a slum area amid a shortage of water in New Delhi, India, on March 22, 2022. Delhi faces a huge water crisis due to low levels in the river Yamuna during peak summers. Around 70% of the water supply relies on Yamuna and the canals stemming from it, which reached their lowest levels amid an unprecedented heatwave this year.
About the project:
India experienced an unprecedented heatwave this year, with the hottest March ever recorded. As temperatures regularly soared past 45°C in the northern parts of India, the country’s wheat-producing regions' crops wilted in the fields. Piles of untreated garbage, coupled with rising temperatures, lead to excess emissions of methane from landfills, often resulting in blazes, which in turn lead to a worsening of the air quality across the national capital region.
According to the World Bank, heat waves in India could soon break the human survivability limit. 380 million people (75% of the workforce) depend on heat-exposed labour, contributing to nearly half of the country’s gross domestic product. Climate scientists say the prolonged heatwave is undoubtedly the result of global warming and climate change around the globe.
Bio: Mayank Makhija is an independent photojournalist based in New Delhi, working on reportage, human rights, social, and environmental issues across India. His editorial work has been published in the NYTimes, TIME, The Guardian, BBC News, Le Monde, NPR, CNN, Deutsche Welle, and Caravan, among others.
Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/_mayankmakhija/
Author: Maghsoud Moradi
Country: Iran
Title 1: Kepez
Title 2: Sabalan
Place: Iran Ardabil
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pix_world/
OTHER CATEGORY: SINGLE SHOT
Open Call for Online Photo Exhibition with the Theme "The City in BLACK AND WHITE"
TATÌ SPACE invites all photographers inside and outside the country, professional and amateur, to participate in the online photo exhibition with the theme “The City in BLACK AND WHITE". Submit an Urban Photography, or a series in Black and White. All photos will be published in our online Gallery. Participation is free.
TATÌ SPACE creates the opportunity to exhibit your photo in group online exhibitions, with different themes in ARCHITECTURE and URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
The next theme is the City in BLACK AND WHITE.
TATÌ SPACE Photography Center opens the 7th edition of the Online Photo Exhibitions 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. Others use it for purely aesthetic and graphic reasons, as black and white photography offers strong contrasts and many tonalities of shades. TATÌ SPACE invites all photographers inside and outside the country, professional and amateur, to participate in the online photo exhibition with the theme the City in "BLACK AND WHITE". Submit an Urban Photography in black and white format.
The selected photos will be published in our online Gallery dedicated to the event in the website TatìSpace.com
The selected photographs will be considered to be published in the printed version of the Exhibition, in the Magazine format, printed by Blurb, and distributed in the Blurb Bookstore.
Final deadline 31 May 2024
The date of publication 20 June 2024
Participation is free
Instructions for submitting
Submit to the following email
Submit one photograph or a series (max 4-5 photos) to the email: info@tatispace.com
Write the topic of the Exhibition in the subject of the email. (THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE)
In the message write: Name Surname (yours), Your Country, Title (of the photo), Place (where the photo was taken), a brief description of the photo, links to your website or other social media.
Required format
Size: 72dpi, sRGB, 2500px on the longest side
File name: NameSurname_Title.jpg.
Save as jpg, max quality
* If the file is not formatted correctly, or is submitted with errors, it can not be published.
* Tati Space can not publish the photograph if it does not belong to the theme of the exhibition.
* Tatì Space has the authority to decide on which artists will be selected and will participate in the exhibition, in respect to the Terms and Conditions governing this website
* The author has the copyright and the permission to use the photos, and authorizes Tatì Space to publish them on the website www.tatispace.com, on its social media, and the printed Catalog of the Exhibition.
* The Catalog of the Exhibition will be printed on demand by Blurb and will be available in the Blurb Bookstore
* Tati Space has no financial profit from the publication of the participating photos in the Online Exhibition, in the social networks, and from the sale of the catalogues in the Blurb Bookstore. The sole purpose of the event is to bring to the attention different themes on architecture and urban photography, to create a community of photographers, architects, photography lovers that are interested in the genre.
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
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© 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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Language: English, Albanian
Standard Landscape, 10x8 inch, 25x20cm
100 pages, 87 photos, Premium Lustre Paper
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
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THE CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE Online Photography Exhibitions 7th edition