Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
New York, USA, December 2002
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
New York, USA, April 2003
New York, USA, March 2004
London, UK, October 2008
New York, USA, December 2003
Milan, Italy, July 2004
Milan, Italy, November 2004
New York, USA, December 2003
New York, USA, May 2003
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Milan, Italy, November 2004
New York, USA, February 2003
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
Paris, France, July 2006
Paris, France, July 2006
Berlin, Germany, October 2007
Hong Kong, February 2006
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Milan, Italy, November 2004
Milan, Italy, February 2005
Milan, Italy, February 2005
New York, USA, December 2003
Milan, Italy, September 2003
London, UK, October 2008
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Paris, France, July 2006
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Los Angeles, USA, November 2008
Berlin, Germany, October 2007
Hong Kong, February 2006
Paris, France, July 2006
London, UK, October 2008
London, UK, October 2008
Hong Kong, February 2006
Berlin, Germany, October 2007
Paris, France, July 2006
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
Singapore, April 2007
Milan, Italy, March 2005
Paris, France, July 2006
Paris, France, July 2006
Milan, Italy, September 2003
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Los Angeles, USA, November 2008
London, UK, October 2008
Singapore, April 2007
Beacon, New York, May 2003
London, UK, October 2008
Shanghai, China, March 2006
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
Berlin, Germany, October 2007
Berlin, Germany, October 2007
Tokyo, Japan, January 2005
Shanghai, China, March 2006
- © Giovanni Del Brenna / LUZphoto
Place No Place is a project about globalization, about the lack and the loss of roots, about the mutation of cities.
I started this project in New York in 2002 after realizing that the pictures I took at the time could have been shot in some of the other cities I had lived in. Back to Milan I confirmed my first intuitions and decided to continue shooting other “global” cities. The project, currently in its final editing process, includes the following cities: Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
The idea is to create a virtual city, mixing of all the photographed cities, that depicts the transition cities are going through today.
I am Italian, I was born in Genova (Italy) but I never lived there. I grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I attended the French school. I graduated in Milan and I lived in Lisbon, Lille, Paris, Naples, London, Rome and New York. There I obtained the Documentary and Photojournalism certificate of the International Center of Photography; it followed my master degree in Mechanical Engineering (Politecnico of Milan).
This project aims at being a subjective point of view on the evolution of great cities. These are converging towards each other while distancing themselves from their countries of origin. It is my point of view, the point of view of a member of the so-called “international community” : a “displaced” person.


























































