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New York Diary, March 29 – April 8, 2023
April 4, 2023
““What are you filming?” asks a young professional. When I explain what I’m doing, she invites me to take pictures from a terrace of the hotel where she works. This would not happen back home in Hamburg, a young woman talking to a middle-aged man on the street.Meanwhile, just a few blocks downtown, former President Trump is turning himself in before his arraignment. Several live blogs are reporting that the defendant has arrived in an eleven-car motorcade outside the District Attorney’s office in LowerManhattan.”
About the City Diaries
In his global, long-term project planned for 50 volumes (begun in 2013), Peter Bialobrzeski poses the question of whether the conception of the image of a city, shaped by prejudices, pre-existing notions, and media representations, can be translated into real images. For the new four volumes, he traveled to New York, Norderney, Istanbul and Vilnius. He is interested in the cultural differences visible in each cityscape. He poses the question of what has already been superimposed by increasing globalization, or what remains visible. With his consistent, seemingly objectifying visual language, this epochal, documentary experiment can be wonderfully comprehended in each book and especially by comparing the individual books, e.g. for New York or Norderney.
Peter Bialobrzeski’s work has been exhibited worldwide. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including two World Press Photo Awards (2003, 2010). In 2012 he was granted the Dr. Erich Salomon Award by the German Photographic Society.
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