Matilde Damele - New York 1999-2014

New York and street photography were made for each other, which is why Matilde Damele (b. Bologna; lives and works in Rome), a master of the genre, left home for the big city in the late 1990s. She spent fifteen years in New York, and now her forays have congealed in this singular picture book. The light, the skyscraper-lined avenues, the pedestrians hurrying past and their loneliness in crowdsnimbly wielding her camera, Damele recorded all of it in classic black and white. The result is an outstanding portrait of a forward-looking metropolis that continually draws our attention to its past.

Unique black and white photographs that capture the soul of New York in timeless moments

Autorentext

Matilde Damele was born in Bologna and graduated in English literature from the city university. In 2014, following a visa denial to return to the United States, Damele moved to London where she obtained a masters' degree in photography from Central Saint Martins University. Following her MFA, her project Exiles won a Marlborough gallery prize and was exhibited at Photo London in 2019.The project got a mention in the Guardian. Now she lives in Rome where she continues her projects and teaches photography at American colleges and institutes.