Invasive or harmless curiosity? Mundane or interesting?… Michael Wolf‘s latest photo series contrasts his most famous work, ‘Architecture of Density‘. Instead of showcasing HK’s maddeningly dense and repetitive shoe-box residential buildings, the German photographer closes in on individual domestic scenes in ‘Window Watching’…
See also: An update on the potential legal issues surrounding these photos.
Click here for Wolf’s HK Cornerhouses series and 100×100.
The mundane is interesting!
The mundane is interesting!
This brings to mind the ‘bystander effect’ and the chilling case of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese’s murder back in March, 1964.
This brings to mind the ‘bystander effect’ and the chilling case of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese’s murder back in March, 1964.
Rear Window
Rear Window
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