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Terms and conditions applyControfacciata: Counter-facades of Venice
Richard Dyer and Matthias Schaller
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Format: Book
Pages: 68
Publisher: Steidl
Date Published: Sep 2008
Stock Code: 67115
Binding: Hardback
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German-born photographer Matthias Schaller discovered the architectural phenomenon of the controfacciata (counter-facade)- a hall or corridor built out from the first floor of a building-while exploring the palaces along the edges of Venice's canals. From 2004 to 2007, he centered his lens on the twilit windows inside these spaces, which imbue the musty elegance of the busts, furniture and paintings that fill them with an ethereal glow, while simultaneously muting all color. In this series, made in the quarter between Ponte di Rialto and Piazza San Marco, Schaller captures the faded grandeur of earlier days, offering tantalizing glimpses of passages that lead to unknown rooms and silent histories. The photographs were made from a direct elevation perspective, highlighting the length of space between Schaller's camera and the light-flooded windows that lead to the water's edge. Controfacciata presents an original view of this city, imbued with the haunting tension and the bittersweet paradox that is Venice.
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