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Domineering

building with statues on top

 

Location: Rome, Italy – May, 2017
Photographer: Michael Rizk
Home Country: United States
University Affiliation: Graduate Student
Category: Politics
Award: Honorable Mention

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In the artist’s own words: “As an architecture student, I took this photo because I was drawn to the simple symmetry of this Fascist church, but its monumentality is indicative of a darker time in Italian politics when Mussolini used architecture to inspire nationalism.”