Tom Evangelidis: Façade

This collection of photographs is a celebration of the eclectic architectural styles that sit awkwardly side by side in cities around the world. 

Façade is a journey through some of the modern world’s most beautiful, decayed and original structures, and reflects our fascination with the art of architecture and the passing of historical trends and influences.

Tom Evangelidis is drawn to the details that give our urban landscape its character and richness – the unsightly garbage dumpsters that sit jarringly beside cathedrals of flawless beauty; the peeling paint that curls from the doors of once luxurious homes; and the concrete monstrosities that loom above vast industrial wastelands.

It is here hidden amongst the debris that our cities reveal their humanity. Beneath the layers of crumbling plaster we uncover tales of poverty, hardship and survival.

Image by Tom Evangelidis

"entranced by the scale, colour and texture… a fine example of a visual ambition finely realised" Robert McFarlane, Sydney Morning Herald 
"the scale of Evangelidis’s photos succeeded in making the spectator feel a part of what is being photographed…the richness of his colour..An exquisite photo archive…...a handsome collection’" Paul Mc Gillick, Habitus

"Evangelidis sensitively presents colour and atmosphere…the viewer is seduced.’" Tom Fanti, Photofile