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Architecture and photography, although seemingly independent of one another, are closely connected by the elements by which both are self-reinforcing: the space, lighting, time and measurements.

Can photographing architecture be an opportunity for artistic expression or does it merely produce an objective representation of reality? The photographic project “EmotionArch” arose from this question; its main objective is to disseminate contemporary architectural culture via images with a strong emotional impact. Photographs thus become the pretext for opening a debate on the role architecture could have in our rapidly changing society.

  Within this scenario, cities are in continuous change, and within them, architecture is linked in complex relationships other disciplines, with the obligation of meeting the needs of the end users. Technology has already changed the way in which buildings are constructed and the software becomes an integral part of the nature of the project. New complex shapes are replacing therefore, the simplest of Euclidean geometry. The result is a vast and difficult to categorise reality, but one of great treasures. Architects do not seek to mould their works to pre-set standards, but to choose specific aesthetic and functional solutions freely, in response to specific problems such as, for example, rehabilitation, restoration and environmental protection and landscaping.

  Alessio Forlano (Cosenza 1978) graduates in Architecture in Genoa in 2004 where he began his professional life by demonstrating a strong sensitivity in the context of urban suburbs. In 2015, he attended the Advanced Training Course in Photography at the European Institute of Design in Milan, an experience that helped him to use images as a tool for representation and personal interpretations of reality.