Pop Arch is a pop art take on both contemporary and classical architecture. Using a collage medium, the collection mixes “traditional” and reworked iPhotography by splicing photos into sections, manipulating various elements of each image and then rebuilding the photo on metal supports. As Carlo Caccavale explains, “My interest still focuses on witnessing design reality with my iPhone. However, I wanted to give this collection a more playful take and create collage work of arts – inspired by 60’s pop art – and experiment with various subject matters, from the Bernini statues in the Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Pantheon in Rome to Frank Gehry’s latest New York high rise and the terrific modernist buildings in LA.”

“I started playing with the iPhone camera because it was there and made it easy to take pictures. Little by little, I wasn’t carrying my actual camera around with me any longer. My iPhone lens has turned into the filter through which I witness the reality I find interesting enough to digitally immortalize. I have developed my iPhone point of view by playing with the features, both the good and the bad, that the instrument offers. And in doing so, I have discovered that the way my eyes see the world and the way I see it though my iPhone are sometimes different. The photos I take mostly tend to evoke reality, rather than depict it for what it is. My pictures are about the details and distortions of life – and the iPhone is the perfect ally for this.” – Carlo Caccavale