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Asmara’s Legacy
Fascism and Avant-Gardism: a photographic journey through the remains of Italian colonialism and modernism in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea.
Asmara is a prototypical postcolonial city with multiple contradictions: It is amazingly beautiful, frozen in time and evoking discordant nostalgic memories. Its architecture is crumbling but also a unique hidden showcase of international Art Deco modernism: Since 2017 the whole city of Asmara is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its outstanding architecture.
photos taken with iPhone, hipstamatic app