BIALOBRZESKI, Peter - Lost in Transition

Background information

"Yet, even before that, 'Neon Tigers', German photographer Peter BIALOBRZESKI’s critically acclaimed exploration of Asian mega-cities, had made him a frequent topic of discussion on the international photography scene. In this project, 'Lost in Transition' the photographer Peter BIALOBRZESKI examines the transformation of urban wastelands, many of them located on the peripheries of cities.

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The photographs were taken in more than twenty-eight cities and fourteen countries—including Hamburg, Dubai, New York, Singapore, New Delhi, and Kuala Lumpur—and portray the phenomenon of the transition from old to new, from the familiar to the abstract. These images are as seductive as 19th-century Romantic paintings, but their apparent beauty is deceptive. As in his earlier works, Peter BIALOBRZESKI explores the limitations of the documentary image." (Hatje Cantz Verllag, 2007)

About the German photographer, Peter BIALOBRZESKI (b. 1961, in Wolfsburg)

Photo books by Peter BIALOBRZESKI