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Havana / Robert Polidori ; edited by Elizabeth Culbert ; essay by Luis Rodríguez ; bookdesign by Robert Polidori and Gerhard Steidl.

Title
Havana / Robert Polidori ; edited by Elizabeth Culbert ; essay by Luis Rodríguez ; bookdesign by Robert Polidori and Gerhard Steidl.
Author
Polidori, Robert
Publication
Göttingen : Steidl, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Culbert, Elizabeth
  • Rodríguez, Eduardo Luis, 1959-
  • Steidl, Gerhard
Description
123 p. : chiefly col. ill.; 31 x 39 cm.
Summary
"Robert Polidori, often considered an architectural photographer, is in fact a photographer of habitat. On the surface his subjects are buildings, but at the core his lens is focused on the remnants and traces of living he finds scattered in hallways, left in back rooms and worn on facades. His spectacular color photographs are presented here in an appropriately oversized volume that capture both their monumentality and their attention to detail. Havana is a particularly rich setting for Polidori's inquiries. The curves and columns that line the streets refer to past eras and speak of the political, social, and economic forces that have driven the city to its present condition. Through his rigorous and sensitive examination - facilitated by a sense of color and composition that makes his photographs feel like vivid memories - Polidori delicately peels away the patina of daily living and reveals the juxtapositions that create a city's identity. His photographs define the idea of faded grandeur. In this city the peddler lives where the countess once resided; children dance and tumble where merchants conducted their business. Each photograph is a discovery and a fragment of the city's biography."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Buildings > Cuba > Havana > Pictorial works
  • Havana (Cuba) > Pictorial works
  • Havana (Cuba) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
  • Havana (Cuba) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works
  • Pictorial works.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
3882433337
OCLC
  • 48431460
  • SCSB-10971842
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library