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Italian photographer Nicola Bertellotti documents the contemporary remains of great European villas. Steeped in Romantic conceptions of the transient nature of beauty, Bertellotti’s project, shown in galleries across the world and compiled in a volume entitled "In Absentia", captures the nostalgia, sublimity, and precarious auras that emanate from crumbling structures. Less about architecture and the past than time, perception, and the present, the photography reminds us that no matter how grand the present is, everything we create is destined to fade. The present is a letter to the future, and the contents of that letter are always co-authored by the ravages of the environment. Taken in natural light, this photograph is heavy with time and longing, summoning up the grand ghosts of the past in peeling plaster and shattered glass.
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Helga Madajova
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New York Photography - Pets
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Slovakia
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Michael Föls
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People Photography - Wedding
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Austria
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Christiaan van Heijst
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New York Photography - Cityscapes
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Netherlands
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Peter Voss
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Nature Photography - Plants and Fungi
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Germany