The Sun Only Comes Later

• Photographer
  Jose Roberto Bassul
• Agency / Studio
  Www.joserobertobassul.com
• Photo Date
  2019-2021

"In making the city man has remade himself." (Robert Park) Heir to urban dystopias in literature and cinema, the book addresses the iconography of the urban landscape as a metaphor. The indistinctness of places, the absence of people and the unreality of colors evoke an idea of mirage, of deception. The city as tragic evidence of the collapse of priorities and excesses in which we live. The images, however, carry a certain lyricism, permeated by intense rays of light. As if there were still seed in what seems to be withering. As if the nights knew that the sun only comes later.

José Roberto Bassul was born in Rio and lives in Brasilia. His photography turns to architecture and urban environment as an attempt "to draw thoughts, project desires and built spaces for the imagination". He has received several awards and his works has often been exhibited in festivals, galleries and museums in solo and group shows in Brazil and abroad. He has published two photobooks. His works are held in important private and public collections such as those of National Museum of Republic (Brasilia), Art Museum of Rio, Museum of Modern Art (Rio) and Museum of Photography (Fortaleza).