geometry of Football goalposts becomes a photographic frame
Manuel Álvarez Diestro turns the geometry of football goals into a lens to explore urban growth and the boundaries of architecture. There is a fragile line of thought about whether football goals belong to architecture. Two posts and a crossbar that define no inhabitable space, yet minimally mark the goalkeeper’s territory. In Through the Goalpost, the photographer turns this humble yet powerful structure into a lens through which to contemplate the expansion of cities. Like a discreet observer, he enters empty fields, looks through fences, or watches from afar, tracing the dialogue between the geometric clarity of the goal and the cubic shapes of surrounding buildings.
residential neighborhood in Kyiv | all images by Manuel Alvarez Diestro
Manuel Álvarez Diestro captures architecture through absence
This photographic series of images taken across diverse territories, from deserts to inner cities, and under varied circumstances, challenges the boundaries of architectural photography. ‘To photograph a goal is to frame nothing, and yet, to see through it is to reveal the architecture of the world beyond,’ shares photographer Manuel Álvarez Diestro. Through this lens, the goal becomes a mysterious geometry: no players, no ball, no keeper, only the camera crossing the frame and scoring through the architectures of urban growth.
goalpost against residential towers in Songdo, South Korea
goalpost in Casablanca framed against residential buildings
goalpost against skyscrapers in Seoul
goalpost framing urban developments in the distance, London