fransesco palari is a photographer who is based in milan, italy. in his range of photos he calls 'Milan Profiles' he incorperates a blend of historic cityscapes with a modern twist into side profiles of people who live, and experience milan every day. he is showing that these people are a part of the land just as much as the architecture. the use of negative space is really powerful in his pieces. 

although minimilistic, his series as a whole is actually set of careful decisions. for example, he must decide whether or not to fade out the building and bring out the person’s profile or whether to fade out the person to highlight the building. I think his decision-making was very successful. Paleari is basically stating that the building and the person tell a story, and the collective stories of the historic cities buildings and all the people who inhabit them. he does this by using a silouette to complement his work.  He is very precise with his placement of his double exposure, and the overlayed image does not escape the confinements of the subject's outline, creating a clean edge.

My favourite photo of his is the middle. The reason i like this piece so much is because it shows the grandness and powerfulness of the building despite it being very old, and I think he wanted to show that centuries worth of people who lived in the area have experienced seeing this building every day, so much so that it becomes a part of their life. 

Paleari's work has inspired me to take photos of people, and the area in which they live. To present them as a whole thing, rather than two seperate things.