"在过去的几年中，建筑摄影师Giovanni Presutti拍摄了欧洲主要城市中许多最重要的建筑，并特别关注了过去十年中建造的建筑。*他每次旅行之前进行的有条理的研究和调查使他得出的结论是，这些建筑物中的大多数具有两个共同的关键方面。首先是它们的突出地位。它们对美学的热爱。第二个是风格和计划的统一。Presutti在他访问的每个国家都遇到过类似的想法和材料，这些想法和材料通常与当地传统完全无关。

这常常使在特定国家/地区认出某个建筑物变得困难。好像欧洲联盟尚未实现政治或社会统一，却在某种程度上在建筑层面上已经实现了统一。Giovanni Presutti在《当代城市规划》中探索了这些问题，强调了他的主题共有的美学特征；从不同的角度看到的线条，材料和反射。在这个过程中，他寻求形式的纯正，并创造了独特的环境。表现我们这个时代的环境*安东尼奥•贝尔维德雷（Antonio Belvedere）的前言以及巴黎出生的策展人，评论家和摄影史学家加布里埃尔•鲍雷特（Gabriel Bauret）的序言为这本摄影集提供了一个批判性的视角。

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"Over the last few years, the Architecture Photographer Giovanni Presutti has photographed many of the most important buildings in major Euro- pean cities, placing a special focus on constructions built in the last decade * The methodical research and surveys which he carries out before each trip have led him to the conclusion that the majority of these buildings have two key aspects in common. The first is their very prominence; their devotion to aesthetics. It is clear that the works are produced by contemporary society, with even those featuring complicated internal struc- tures increasingly characterized by attention to exteriority.

It is important to note, however, that these buildings do not lack functionality. The second is the uniformity of style and planning. Presutti encountered similar ideas and materials in every country he visited which were often completely unconnected to local traditions.

This frequently made it difficult to place a certain building in a given country. It is as though the European Union, having not yet achieved political or social unity, has somehow succeeded at an architectural level * Giovanni Presutti explores these issues in Contemporanea, emphasizing the aesthetic qualities his subjects have in common; the lines, materials and reflections, as seen from different pers- pectives. In the process, he has sought out pureness of form, and created a unique context; one that is representative of our time * A foreword by Antonio Belvedere, and an introduction by the Parisian-born curator, critic and photography historian Gabriel Bauret, provide a critical perspective on this collection of images.

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