City Lights

£9.99

City Lights

Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings

Author: Victoria Charles

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Language: English

Published by: Parkstone International

Published on: 31st December 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 153 pages

ISBN: 9781785259241


City as a Symbol

A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it. Its meandering streets, unexplored neighbourhoods and incessant noise create a landscape that captivates the observer.

The Play of Light

The lights of the city can conceal or reveal it, transforming its appearance hour by hour, offering countless facets to the passerby. While the light of morning pulls the city from its torpor and renews it for the dawning day, the nocturnal illumination plunges the pedestrian into the strangeness of its mysteries, creating a striking and ephemeral beauty.

Photographic Perspective

Between the shadow and the light, these original photographs reveal the fragile glow of the city, and help us rediscover the eternal pulse of these great capitals, simultaneously surprising and sublime.

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