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Imaginary Prisons

The Brønshøj Water Tower designed by Ib Lunding was constructed in 1928 in the functionalist style and is a local landmark of Copenaghen, UNESCO World Capital of Architecture 2023-2025.
With its inside concrete construction composed of pillars placed in circles in several layers, the building is protected along with 10 other water towers in Denmark. The cylindrical space, ideal for storing a liquid, is clearly articulated in the functionalist architecture. Its impressive interiors remind me of the spaces in the etchings Imaginary Prisons of the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

A Philosophy graduate, Francesca Pompei is specialised in Art and Architecture Photography and her professional collaborations include projects for AD-Italia, the Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living Corriere della Sera, Artribune, Venaria Reale, the Cultural Heritage Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Doha. Artist selected to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, she is a member of PhotoVogue, in addition to her role as a Professor of Photography and Photography Subject Expert at the Faculty of Architecture in Sapienza University, in Rome.

Awards 2023
Art of Building Photographer of the Year
Winner of the Public Choice

Architecture MasterPrize Award 2023
Winner of Photography-Cultural Interior category

Head On Photo Festival 2023
Semi Finalist- Landscape Award

Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Award 2023
Winner of the Photography category

LICC-London International Creative Competition
Official Selection in Professional-Shoot

ND Awards International Photography Contest
Honorable Mention in Professional-Architecture

APA-Annual Photography Awards
Honorable mention in Architecture-Interiors

IPA- International Photography Awards 2023
Official Selection

Best Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in Professional: Architecture

2022
FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee in Architecture Professional

Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021
Special mention in Representations of space, architecture and conflicts

LICC-London International Creative Competition
Finalist in Professional-Shoot

TIFA-Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold Winner in Professional: Architecture Category

Siena International Photo Awards 2022
Finalist

2021
ND Neutral Density Photography Awards 2021
Honorable mention in Professional: Architecture, Other category

IPA-International Photography Awards 2021
Honorable mention in Professional: Architecture, Other

The Motif Collective-Symmetry
Finalist

New Buildings 2021 prize
Winner

LensCulture Street Photography Award 2021
Top-notch entry

Fotografia Al Femminile Bresciani Visual Art
Finalist

URBAN 2021 Photo Awards
Selected artist

Lens Culture Critics’s Choice 2021
Top-notch entry

HIPA Award
Finalist

FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee in Architecture Professional

APA-Annual Photography Award
Honorable mention in Architecture

Aesthetica Art Prize
Selected artist

Siena International Photo Awards 2021
Finalist

LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2021
Top-notch entry

Best of Houzz 2021
Photographer selected by the community

The Motif Collective-Minimalism
Finalist