A Gulf of Images
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This project is part of the Learning from Gulf Cities initiative, promoted by Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini, and is the continuation of the long-term photographic research on spectacular architecture Nastasi started in 2008. A Gulf of Images creates a photographic survey of spectacular buildings and cityscapes in the most important cities of the Gulf, investigating the peculiar aspects of each city, and making comparison in-between different ones. The photographs delineate aspects that are common to all the cities - with a special attention to the spectacularization of urban landscapes - as well as differences and nuances. Michele Nastasi is an architectural researcher and a photographer of architecture and cities.
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Michele Nastasi is an architectural researcher and a photographer of architecture and cities. Since 2007 he has been a member of the editorial staff of the magazine Lotus international, and is a PhD Candidate in History of Arts at Ca' Foscari University of Venice/IUAV. His photographs has been published in international journals and books — Starchitecture: Scenes, Actors and Spectacles in Contemporary Cities, with Davide Ponzini; Suspended City: L'Aquila after the Earthquake; Shooting Space: Architecture in Contemporary Photography — and exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and the United States. He has taught Photography of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano.
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This project is part of the Learning from Gulf Cities initiative, promoted by Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini, and is the continuation of the long-term photographic research on spectacular architecture Nastasi started in 2008. A Gulf of Images creates a photographic survey of spectacular buildings and cityscapes in the most important cities of the Gulf, investigating the peculiar aspects of each city, and making comparison in-between different ones. The photographs delineate aspects that are common to all the cities - with a special attention to the spectacularization of urban landscapes - as well as differences and nuances.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Michele Nastasi are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from repository. Please contact Akkasah at akkasah@nyu.edu
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; A Gulf of Images Collection; AD_MC_026; box number; folder number or item identifier; Akkasah Center for Photography, New York University Abu Dhabi.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection was acquired directly from the creator, Michele Nastasi.