Architectural photography existed since photography itself existed. It initially pursued the aim of offering images as collections of monuments memory and building documentation for scientific and educational purposes. During the nineteenth century the documentation of the construction and restoration phases of buildings became a fundamental photographers assignment. This is the age of objective reality, of photography reflecting the truth while maintaining its own authorship.

But then does authorship not refer to a subjectivity? “Everyone will be compelled to see that which is optically true, is explicable in its own terms, is objective, before he can arrive at any possible subjective position” (Moholy – Nagy, 1925).

Here is the interpretation of the object, the building, that unfolds in this exhibition itinerary. From a conservative and documentation photography we reach a photography that analyses reality critically. The ability of reinterpreting spaces through unusual points of view becomes the subject .

Giulia Bottiani

Graduated in Architecture at Polytechnic of Milan, she began taking photographs during university studies, gaining interest in architectural photography and man-made landscape. Her studies focused on the developement of technical knowledge related to design allow her to be able to give a particular and specific interpretation of architecture through photography. After graduating, she earned a Master in Photography and Visual Design at Naba in Milan. In 2016, she worked at CAMERA, the Italian Center for Photography in Turin as a curatorial assistant. In 2017, she collaborated with Lorenza Bravetta in the organization of the General States of Photography, organized by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Since 2012, she has held teaching support roles in the Faculties of Civil Architecture and in the School of Design at the Politecnico di Milano. She has a collective exhibition at the Milan Triennale and several editorial publications between books and magazines in the context of the debate on contemporary architecture.