Tag Archives: Robert Polidori

Views from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans

Not all photographs need people in them to get their message heard by the viewers. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words” and Polidori truly does make this saying true. As an artist, his job is … Continue reading

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Views from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans

I agree with Polidori’s description of vacant rooms being “exoskeletons of peoples’ internal lives” exoskeletons of peoples’ internal lives and this view is evident in the photographs he takes.  While his pictures bring beauty to what is a horrific events, he … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Views from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans

Explore the works of Canadian photographer Robert Polidori, who uses a large-format camera to capture environments that range from the French palace of Versailles to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina or the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Photographs from Polidori’s … Continue reading

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