
São Paulo, Brazil
A sweeping aerial view of São Paulo's dense urban landscape captures the city's relentless verticality, with towering skyscrapers and winding elevated highways weaving through the sprawling metropolis. Burri's masterful use of light and shadow in this gelatin silver print emphasizes the dynamic tension between the city's ordered architectural grids and its organic, chaotic growth. The image reflects Burri's signature documentary vision, conveying both the awe-inspiring scale of human ambition and the overwhelming complexity of one of the world's largest cities.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed 2001.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
April 1, 2014
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