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Cédric Dasesson is a photographer who uses the photographic medium as a tool for analyzing and interpreting the contemporary landscape. His research focuses on the dynamics of territorial transformation, investigating the relationships between historical stratification, spatial configuration, and anthropic processes.
For his analysis of the coastal landscape, he developed an investigation protocol operating on three levels – underwater, terrestrial, and aerial – aimed at rendering the morphological and environmental complexity of the coastal area. This methodological approach was applied in collaboration with Sardarch and Conservatoria delle Coste della Regione Sardegna for a coastal mapping project, presented at the Architecture Festival in Cagliari.
Parallel to this, his research extends to the urban and rural landscape, with particular attention to the built environment and its transformations. The partnership with Sardarch materializes in this field through photographic campaigns designed for integration with the planning instruments of various Sardinian municipalities. In this work, the built landscape engages with the social and residential dimension, capturing both the historical characteristics of the architectural heritage and a portrait of the communities inhabiting it.
He collaborates with the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Cagliari (DICAAR) on research projects concerning the Sardinian rural landscape. Since 2018, he has been documenting the UNICAsa self-build project, following its design and construction phases, as well as its social and environmental impacts. This work integrates theoretical research on landscape with applied documentation of innovative design practices.
In 2025, commissioned by the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Politecnico di Milano (DAStU, he created an essay titled “Sono solo di passaggio”. The project, developed within the “Ritratti territoriali della provincia italiana contemporanea” series, analyzes architectures and infrastructures related to mobility, questioning the relationship between transit and the identity configuration of places. The work was exhibited at CRAFT in Milan and constitutes a dialogue between photographic research and urban studies.
Previously, in 2019, he participated in Atlante Architettura Contemporanea, an initiative promoted by MUFOCO and MiBACT, which resulted in the publication “10 viaggi nell’architettura contemporanea” and exhibitions at the Triennale di Milano and the National Roman Museum in Palazzo Altemps.
His works have been exhibited in national and international contexts – including the Biennale di Pisa, Falía*, and the Biennale dello Stretto. They are part of public and private collections, including MUFOCO and the Fondation Vuitton.
His main publications include Level (AB Factory + Banco di Sardegna Foundation), Di notte il mare non dorme mai (DUNP) and Costellazioni (Falía*).
39° 13′ 11″ N 9° 07′ 25″ E
Founder Atelier Domestico
Selected commercial clients
Dior / Vuitton / Mercedes Benz / Samsung / Manfrotto / Virgin Records / Estrella Damm / Talisker / Logitech / E.on / Legambiente / Save the children / Eden viaggi / Rains
Selected architecture clients
MIBACT / MUFOCO / Michele De Lucchi / Atelier Mendini / Nivola Museum / Mauro Soddu / SardArch / DICCAR Cagliari
Selected interviews and articles:
Exibart / Vogue / BuzzFeed / Elle Decor / Collater.al / Manfrotto / Athleta magazine
Collections
MUFOCO – Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan
Fondation Louis Vuitton , Paris
Awards e grants
2025 Ritratti territoriali – Polimi DAStU
2024 IsMy Lab – DICAAR
2024 Costa produttiva – DICAAR
2024 Bìfoto Fest
2021 Architetture Liberate 3.0 – DICAAR
2019 Atlante Architettura Contemporanea – MUFOCO, MIBACT
2017 Level Sardinia – Fondazione Banco di Sardegna, The Ab Factory
Solo Exhibition
2024 Altre tracce – Museo Organica_Tempio – curated by Giannella Demuro
2023 Terra d’acqua – Agorà Sardegna – Il Ghetto_Cagliari
2020 Il profilo dell’acqua – Festival Architettura_Cagliari – curated by Sardarch
2019 Level Sardinia, AB Gallery_Cagliari
2018 Level Sardinia, AB Gallery_Porto Cervo
2017 Level, AB Gallery_Cagliari
Collective Exhibition
2026 Italia di mezzo – Polimi DAStU, Craft_Milan
2025 The skin of octopus – Abba, Le forme del fluire_Cagliari
2024 Common places – Bìfoto Fest_Mogoro
2023 Common places – Festival Encontros da images, Braga_Porto
2023 UNIFORMITY – Perimetro, Base_Milan
2022 10 Viaggi nell’architettura italiana – MUFOCO, DGCC, Palazzo Altemps_Rome
2021 10 Viaggi nell’architettura italiana – MUFOCO, DGCC, Triennale Milano_Milan
2020 Italia Desiderata – Urbanautica, Ragusa Foto Festival_Ragusa
2015 AND Arte_Rome
2015 C-A-TCH Gallery_Paris
2015 Artist 4 Deco_Guadalupe
2015 Imagenation, DeFactory_Desenzano del Garda
2015 Invaders Part 0, U.F.O. + Campidarte_Cagliari
2014 Imagenation, DeFactory_Desenzano del Garda
2013 Imagenation, DeFactory_Brescia
2013 Imagenation, DeFactory_Milan
2013 Pool Art Fair_Guadalupe
Books
2023 Oltreterra – Psicografici Editore
2018 Di notte il mare non dorme mai – Dunp Edizioni
2017 Level – The AB Factory
Residences for artist
2022 The Photo Solstice #4, Gavoi (NU)
2020 Falía* curated by Alice Vangelisti, Lozio (BS)
Teaching
2022 University of Cagliari, Architecture – External Professor in “Phototography of the landscape and architecture”
2018 IED, Professor in phototography – Interior Design, Cagliari
2017 IED, Professor in phototography – Interior Design, Cagliari
2016 IED, Professor in phototography – Interior Design, Cagliari
Lectures
2022 Biennale dello Stretto, curated by Alfonso Femia e Francesca Morati, Reggio Calabria
2019 Biennale Architettura – Tempo d’acqua, curated by Alfonso Femia, Pisa
2018 SYA, Sardinia Young Architects – DICCAR, Cagliari
2017 Landscape of Sea – Order of Engineers, Cagliari
2016 Art.Architecture Workshop – Brito Rodrigues Architects, Lisbon
Publications
2025 La città collaterale, Polimi DAStU
2025 Aree interne, geografie del possibile, Nicolò Fenu
2024 Ereditare il presente, DG Creatività Contemporanea
2024 IRAE – ONP YOURBAN 2030
2023 Urbanautica institute awards 2022
2023 Mediterraneo, Touring Club Italia
2023 Sguardi Contemporanei
2021 Casabella
2020 Urlaubs Architektur, Germany
2019 Elle Decor, Greece
2019 Metropolitan Life, Bettina Pousttchi
2019 Ville & Casali
2018 Il Fotografo n°304
2018 Thomas Cook Airlines, Condor
2018 Yacht Investor
2018 Home
2016 Rains Journal n°7
2016 SYA, Sardinia Young Architects
2016 La casa, Giovanni Battista Cocco
2015 Epiphany, a literary journal
2015 Switch magazine n°10
2014 Provencial n°1
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