In line with his successful research in Soviet design with the "CCCP. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed" Frédéric Chaubin gathers photographs from the second life of deeply rational structures that seem out of place in the modern world.
Contains photographs taken with a Linhof view camera, the collection is the outcome of five years of travel and investigation. Complete with a practical map and explanatory essay, its castles tell the story of 400 years, unfolding through the feudal Middle Ages into the 15th century.
Contains photographs taken with a Linhof view camera, the collection is the outcome of five years of travel and investigation. Complete with a practical map and explanatory essay, its castles tell the story of 400 years, unfolding through the feudal Middle Ages into the 15th century.
"Frédéric Chaubin’s highly stylized and romantic photographs bring attention to atypical examples of architecture..."
Shooting Space
The familiar language of architectural forms is the first thing that a medieval castle transmits to us when we look at it. The simple characteristics that everyone can identify reflect the rigorous character of a castle and its conception. During the Middle Ages in Europe that era was described as a fragmentation of power and castles were seen as "islands of stability" thanks to the grandeur of their form and structure.
"More than 200 buildings from 21 countries form this majestic route, which combines history and architecture. They are the most magical castles of the European continent, fortifications born in the Middle Ages that maintain their function above the form but adapt to the territory, as the elegant fortress of Torrechiara, in Parma, or Coca Castle and its Mudejar soul."
De Viajes
The aim of this project is not the technical study of the architecture of castles, but to show with the magic of photography how the castles or the remains have endured over time.
