Forgotten Artchitectures

• Photographer
  Christian Basetti

"Artchitectures" is a term that I conceived to merge in a word a creative photographic style linked to the world of abandoned places in decay: art and architecture. The approach with which I photograph this places is artistic. I don't limit myself to shot the desolate scenes with an exclusively documentary spirit, but I always introduce a careful personal "fine art" vision, inspired by italian painter Caravaggio: lights and shadows blend with the environments of ancient times, as in a painting. The portfolio is the result of 5 years of locations research, exploration and stylistic research.

Christian Basetti from Milan. Since 2015, he has been passionate about ancient decadent places, giving voice to these structures full of melancholy charm as if they were silent narcissistic creatures waiting for someone to express their greatness. Creator of Forgotten Art-chitectures project, decayed places are not shot just with an usual limited documentary aspect, as many others do, but they are like fine art canvas aimed at aesthetics. Inspired by Caravaggio's style in the representation of environments, with a similitude prostitutes and beggars=decadent places turned in something nobler.