Markus Brunetti, on view at Yossi Milo Gallery from April 30 to June 20, 2026, presents an immersive encounter with Europe’s most enduring sacred architecture. For more than two decades, Brunetti has devoted his artistic life to photographing cathedrals, churches, monasteries, and synagogues, approaching each structure with a rigor and patience that echoes the dedication of their original builders. His work offers not documentation in the conventional sense, but a sustained act of reverence toward architectural form, craft, and belief.
At the heart of the exhibition are works from Brunetti’s ongoing
FACADES series, images constructed through an exacting process that pushes photography beyond its traditional limits. For each monument, Brunetti produces thousands of photographs over extended periods of time, carefully capturing every surface, detail, and irregularity. These images are later assembled into seamless composites that eliminate perspective distortion, presenting the building frontally and in its entirety. The resulting works offer a clarity of vision that feels almost timeless, recalling the compositional balance and idealized symmetry found in classical painting.
Brunetti’s practice is governed by strict self-imposed rules. Each façade is photographed head-on, beneath an overcast sky that neutralizes shadow and dramatization. By returning repeatedly to the same site and living in close proximity to the structure, the artist develops an intimate understanding of the building’s rhythms and proportions. This slow, methodical engagement allows the architecture to emerge as both object and subject, stripped of distraction and revealed in quiet authority.
Integral to this journey is Brunetti’s collaboration with Betty Schöner, with whom he travels across Europe in a converted firetruck that serves as a mobile studio and living space. Together, they research and select sites that reflect the cultural, religious, and stylistic diversity of sacred architecture across the continent. Their nomadic existence underscores the project’s depth of commitment, transforming the act of photographing into a way of life.
In these monumental yet contemplative images, Brunetti achieves something rare: a vision of architecture seemingly suspended outside of time. His facades stand complete, unified, and serene, inviting viewers to contemplate human ambition, devotion, and the enduring power of built form.
Image:
Badia Fiesolana, Fiesole, 2022-2025
Archival Pigment © Markus Brunetti
