Mimi Mollica: Moonstruck
In the book Moon City, photographer Mimi Mollica guides readers through a hallucinatory flow, inviting them to pause and reflect on forces greater than ourselves, with the moon as a silent, contemplative anchor.
By Gaia Squarci. Photographs by Mimi Mollica.
When you wander through London, do you look up at the moon? Designed by Ramon Pez, the book presents only full-bleed images, creating a visual rhythm dominated by magnified views of the Earth’s satellite. These are interwoven with human-made structures of the London skyline and telephoto details of the faces of passersby on busy city streets.
The moon is not approached with scientific curiosity, nor do the images dwell on the romanticized beauty we often attribute to it. Instead, the celestial body emerges as a force of a different order: ever-changing through light, perspective, and phase, but constant in its presence, in stark contrast to the trivial flows and preoccupations of daily life.
Often framed against the buildings and constructions of London’s financial district, the moon’s gaze reframes the city’s symbols of ambition and capitalism. The book invites a meditation on the fleeting nature of these pursuits, and their relative insignificance against the larger cosmic order.
The book Moon City is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing and available at the price of 58,95€.
