"The Spirit Of Tango" by Christopher Pillitz + ALFA ROMEO Freccia D’Oro 
Text from "LUMAS"
"Christopher Pillitz has seen the world. His reportage and finely wrought
 image series have been produced in over seventy countries and are 
published in the globe’s largest magazines. With his eight monographs 
and numerous international exhibitions, Pillitz counts among the last 
decades’ most renowned photo journalists. 
The experienced photographer travels in order to explore the 
manifestations of the world’s cultures. A strong sense of empathy 
defines his travel images, as does a deep understanding of the grace of 
foreign peoples, whom he consciously and harmoniously depicts in their 
local landscapes. Pillitz hopes to portray Asians’ nearness to the 
elements, particularly to water; he accomplishes this in his haunting 
documentary color photographs, which, however, exceed the boundaries of 
pure representation. Thus the works become an atmospherically dense 
allegory of a life pervaded by the wisdom of the Far East. 
But 
Pillitz is not only an attentive observer of the world; he is also a 
master of staged photography. He feels particularly connected to the 
culture of his homeland. The Argentinean calls his picture story from 
Buenos Aires The Spirit of Tango. 
He sets his stage in a neighborhood of charm and character. The lively 
actors have well-known names: ballerina Barbara Bertone and dance Oscar 
Velazquez classically court one another, while a perfectly polished 1948
 Alfa Romeo Freccia D’Oro serves as the classy backdrop to the amorous 
game. The journey into a lost era of romantically danced gestures is 
captured in stylish black-and-white, full of contrasts. Such a choice 
emphasizes the structures of the historical building, and the 
reflections on the classy car and gives them a singularity in the 
vivacious composition."
Horst Kloever 
Text from "LUMAS"
"Christopher Pillitz ha visto el mundo. Sus reportages y seies de imagenes finamente labradas han sido tomadas en mas de setenta paises y publicadas en las mayores revistas del mundo. con sus ocho monografias y numerosas exhibiciones, Pillitz se encuentra entre los fotografos mas reconocidos de las últimas décadas."