Michael Wolf: Metropolis

Hardcover 352 pages
Publisher: Pepperoni Books
ISBN: 9783941825048
Dimensions: 12 x 9¼ in

Hardcover 72 pages
Publisher: Wanderer Books
ISBN: 978-3941825109
Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.59 x 8.07 in

Hardcover 40 pages
Publisher: Wanderer Books
ISBN: 978-3941825192
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in

Hardcover 112 pages
Publisher: Pepperoni Books, Asia One
ISBN: 978-3941825208
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 9 7/8

Print 28 pages
Publisher: Peperoni Books
ISBN: 978-98817998This book is the republished version of 'Hong Kong Outside', which was part of the two-book set 'Hong Kong Inside Outside'. Focused on the specific visual elements Michael Wolf has depicted high density living in one of the world s most crowded cities like nobody has before. For Architecture of Density, Wolf fashioned a distinctive style of photography. He removes any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattens the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer s eye. Wolf photographs crumbling buildings in need of repair, brand new buildings under construction covered in bamboo scaffolding, as well as fully occupied residential complexes. Wolf's disorienting vantage point gives the viewer the feeling that the buildings extend indefinitely, which perhaps is the spatial experience of Hong Kong s inhabitants. Alert observers can also spot many traces of life on the facades, caused by inhabitants and usersThis book is the republished version of 'Hong Kong Outside', which was part of the two-book set 'Hong Kong Inside Outside'. Focused on the specific visual elements Michael Wolf has depicted high density living in one of the world s most crowded cities like nobody has before. For Architecture of Density, Wolf fashioned a distinctive style of photography. He removes any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattens the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer s eye. Wolf photographs crumbling buildings in need of repair, brand new buildings under construction covered in bamboo scaffolding, as well as fully occupied residential complexes. Wolf's disorienting vantage point gives the viewer the feeling that the buildings extend indefinitely, which perhaps is the spatial experience of Hong Kong s inhabitants. Alert observers can also spot many traces of life on the facades, caused by inhabitants and users

Hardcover 296 pages
Publisher: Peperoni Books
ISBN: 978-3941249202
Dimensions: 9.76 x 1.38 x 11.77 in