π όλ ι ς polis Transliteration of Memory to Texture to Images
Cezar Nicolescu
Al l ri g hts reser ve d . Š 2 0 0 9 . C e zar Nic o lescu
No other western cit y ha s str ug g l e d wi th m o dern it y a s sub l imely a s ha s Nap l e s : an ur b an hu l k stub b orn ly mo lde d aro un d p athway s o f ancient g re ek c o lon ists, s qu e e z e d b e t we en the s ea and a vo lcano, a trop i ca l s ky an d su lf uric fields , forme d reform e d an d d e stroy e d by a dozen dyna sties, s e vera l emp ire s , an d the t wo brief indep endent rep u b l i c s . In Nap les e ver y h i stori ca l an d my tho lo g ica l emotion ha s lef t e xpre ss i on in th e textures of the cit y. Where era sure happ ens , it is exe cute d p o orly, inc omp l e te l y, or b o th . Noth ing e ver b e c omes l e ss c ontra d i c tor y. Noth ing b e c omes less c omp l e x .
These p hoto g rap hs were cre ate d in ord er to b e exp erienc e d at ver y larg e s i z e s an d up clos e wh ile ma inta in ing th e ir te xtura l s harp ness .
Plea se note the d im ens i ons , wh i c h
repres ent the ma ximum s i z e s at th e re s o lution standards of h ig h qua l i t y printers .
2008 Aug ust. Vesuvius se en f rom c orso V ittorio Emanuele 4 0 .7 5 � x 3 6. 50�
2 0 0 9 June. p a la zzo Fil ipp o d’Ang iò. via dei Tribuna l i 6 2 .7 5 ” x 4 2 .25”
2 0 0 8 Januar y. Ch iesa del la Presenta z ione d i Maria a l Temp io del la S c or z iata 2 1 . 2 5 � x 2 3.2 5 �
2008 Aug ust . Ch iesa del la Santissima Trin ità a l la Ces area 31. 0 0 ” x 3 8 . 2 5 ”
2008 Aug ust . vi a Sa lvator R o sa e via San L orenzo da Brind is i 38. 5 0 � x 2 0 . 2 5 �
2008 Aug ust . vi a Sa lvator R o sa e vic o Ces area 52. 7 5 ” x 2 5 . 5 0 ”
2008 Aug ust . c h iesa dei Santi C o sma e Dam iano a i Banch i Nuovi 41. 5 0 ” x 2 2 . 2 5 ”
2008 Januar y 25. 0 0 ” x 1 2 . 0 0 ”
2008 Januar y. via San Ni c o la a Nil o 15. 7 5 ” x 2 3 . 7 5 ”
2 0 0 8 Januar y. vico del Fico al Purg atorio 22.00” x 26.50”
2008 Januar y. 26. 7 5 ” x 2 7 . 5 0 ”
2008 Januar y. Pia zza San Gaetano 22. 2 5 ” x 2 3 . 0 0 ”
2009 June. ch ies a d i San Po ti to 85. 50” x 51. 00”
2 0 0 9 June. ch ies a d i San Nic o la a Nilo 5 2 .5 0 ” x 4 2 .75”
Cezar Nicolescu studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He taug ht himself architectural and urbanistic photography . He has stayed in Naples on three occasions. He currently works in Paris, but is reg ularly available in New York . If you are interested in acquiring or seeing physical prints of these photographs, please inquire at the following address : cn i c o l e s @g .ri sd .e du