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Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

United States Architecture News - Jan 06, 2016 - 14:50   5375 views

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

Su Shengliang / Atelier Deshaus

From Stonehenge and royal palaces to the skyscrapers that define a modern city's skyline, great building can encapsulate their eras. "Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet", said legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. "He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age." But unlike poetry, buildings struggle to travel. When the work is many stories high and forged from concrete and glass, disseminating its era-defining genius requires something a little more lightweight. The annual Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards champion artists who "translate the sophistication of architecture into a readable and understandable two dimensions, to explain and extol the character, detail and environment of the project"....Continue Reading

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

Fernando Guerra / Richter Dahl Rocha & Associes

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

Tan Lingfrei / Public Housing Development

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

Grant Smith / Article 25

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

Fernando Guerra / OTO Arquitectos

Are architecture’s greatest photographers putting people back in the pictures?

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