RIO - Robert Polidori & Marc Ferrez
Rio is a boxed set containing the work of two photographers who present Rio de Janeiro in a visual dialogue spanning several centuries. The first book presents 19th-century photographer Marc Ferrez's classic work on the city where he was born and spent his life, from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Ferrez's complete archive of glass plates and vintage prints is now housed at the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) in Rio de Janeiro, and has been re-scanned for this edition.
The second book presents a project developed by IMS with Robert Polidori over the past five years, for which Polidori has extensively photographed Rio, focusing on its contemporary dynamics and dense urban configuration. Polidori places the Rio of today in the natural context from which the city developed and which has defined its iconic international profile throughout history. This tension between the natural and built environments, also significant in Ferrez's work, is a defining reference for Rio's inhabitants and shapes both their past and present cultures.
Published by Steidl & Instituto Moreira Salles, 2015
29.7 x 29.7 cm
506 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86930-910-1
Rio is a boxed set containing the work of two photographers who present Rio de Janeiro in a visual dialogue spanning several centuries. The first book presents 19th-century photographer Marc Ferrez's classic work on the city where he was born and spent his life, from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Ferrez's complete archive of glass plates and vintage prints is now housed at the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) in Rio de Janeiro, and has been re-scanned for this edition.
The second book presents a project developed by IMS with Robert Polidori over the past five years, for which Polidori has extensively photographed Rio, focusing on its contemporary dynamics and dense urban configuration. Polidori places the Rio of today in the natural context from which the city developed and which has defined its iconic international profile throughout history. This tension between the natural and built environments, also significant in Ferrez's work, is a defining reference for Rio's inhabitants and shapes both their past and present cultures.
Published by Steidl & Instituto Moreira Salles, 2015
29.7 x 29.7 cm
506 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86930-910-1
Rio is a boxed set containing the work of two photographers who present Rio de Janeiro in a visual dialogue spanning several centuries. The first book presents 19th-century photographer Marc Ferrez's classic work on the city where he was born and spent his life, from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Ferrez's complete archive of glass plates and vintage prints is now housed at the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) in Rio de Janeiro, and has been re-scanned for this edition.
The second book presents a project developed by IMS with Robert Polidori over the past five years, for which Polidori has extensively photographed Rio, focusing on its contemporary dynamics and dense urban configuration. Polidori places the Rio of today in the natural context from which the city developed and which has defined its iconic international profile throughout history. This tension between the natural and built environments, also significant in Ferrez's work, is a defining reference for Rio's inhabitants and shapes both their past and present cultures.
Published by Steidl & Instituto Moreira Salles, 2015
29.7 x 29.7 cm
506 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86930-910-1