manuel álvarez diestro turns football goalposts into architectural observation frames

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

goalpost against residential buildings in Eibar, Spain

goalpost in Sharjah, UAE

goalpost against Hong Kong residential towers

goalposts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

goalpost seen from behind against new developments in Copenhagen

after the rain, a football field in Sharjah turns into a mirror of the surrounding structures

goalpost and rock in Oman’s desert

project info:

name: Through the Goalpost

photographer: Manuel Alvarez Diestro | @m.a.diestro

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edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom

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