In Parliaments of the European Union Dutch photographer Nico Bick (b. 1964) presents a unique photographic view of the plenary chambers hwhere the Eurpean democracy is actually realized. The book features photographs of the plenary chamber in the parliaments of the twenty0eight European Union memeber states and the tow European Parliaments in Brussels and Strasbourg. Each plenary chamber is photographed from one viewpoint, form the floor itself, in three or four photgraphs and presented in at triptych or tetraptych fold out. As a series this projects makes the European democratic landscape and its significance visible. Key element of the project is to allow the observer of the photo series a feeling of being 'part of the room'. The result is a stunning monument for European democracy.
In Parliaments of the European Union Dutch photographer Nico Bick (b. 1964) presents a unique photographic view of the plenary chambers hwhere the Eurpean democracy is actually realized. The book features photographs of the plenary chamber in the parliaments of the twenty0eight European Union memeber states and the tow European Parliaments in Brussels and Strasbourg. Each plenary chamber is photographed from one viewpoint, form the floor itself, in three or four photgraphs and presented in at triptych or tetraptych fold out. As a series this projects makes the European democratic landscape and its significance visible. Key element of the project is to allow the observer of the photo series a feeling of being 'part of the room'. The result is a stunning monument for European democracy.