
Papeete Beach 2
A sweeping aerial-like view captures the dense, sun-drenched spectacle of a crowded Italian beach, where hundreds of vacationers pack tightly beneath colorful umbrellas stretching toward the horizon. Vitali's signature large-format approach renders the scene with striking clarity and detachment, transforming leisure into an anthropological study of contemporary mass tourism. The vivid chromogenic print, mounted behind Diasec, amplifies the saturated hues of the coastal landscape, lending the image both documentary precision and an almost painterly grandeur.
- Medium
- chromogenic print, Diasec mounted
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
December 11, 2013
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