Urbanautica

Seoul Cathedrals

Manuel Alvarez Diestro

PORTFOLIO special mention   CALL SACRED. THE EXPERIENCE OF BEYOND
I photographed the 27 bridges crossing the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. I was fascinated with the monumentality and massiveness of the supporting structures through pillars and beams and the receding perspective that they generated. Instead of focusing on its functional aspects as a bridges I paid more attention into the grandiosity of the spaces underneath. While conducting the work I felt a mysterious quality that took me closer to the realm of the sacred. I thought I was no longer underneath a bridge but rather inside a cathedral. I disregarded their main function, which is to connect people across the metropolis.
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