Giovanna Calvenzi

Metropoli gathers some of the most important series in Gabriele Basilico's oeuvre, from his first significant collection, Milano. Ritratti di fabbriche, followed by Beirut photographed in 1991 and in 2011, the Sezioni del paesaggio italiano in 1996, up to the final city views from around the world. Metropoli may be considered a summary of Basilico's ideas: "Photographing a city doesn't...