Gabriele Basilico is one of Europe's best-known 'documentary' photographers. His principal field of research is the city and the industrialized landscape, photographed in black and white and with extreme rigour. An architect by training, he is committed to imposing discipline on spaces and volumes.
This archive of Basilico's photographs of Berlin is the result of three separate visits in 2000. Basilico had already photographed the city in 1990, when he documented the demolition of the Wall; this volume reflects the enormous changes that have taken place in the city since then and the rhythm of a modern urban environment in the throes of monumental change.
This archive of Gabriele Basilico's photographs of Berlin was accumulated over three separate visits in 2000. It is a unique pictorial record revealing the hidden but coherent rhythm of a modern urban environment and a city in the throes of monumental change.
Gabriele Basilico, the acclaimed Italian photographer, has been the subject of one other book by Thames & Hudson, Gabriele Basilico: Cityscapes, published in 2000. In 1990 he received the 'Prix Mois de la Photo' in Paris. In 1996 he won the 'Osella d'Oro' prize for the photography of contemporary architecture at the Sixth Exhibition of Architecture of the Venice Biennale.
