| LENSCAPE
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The
act of making architecture involves many people
doing many things, but it is usually considered
complete at the moment of occupation. The client
moves in, the architect moves on, the contractor
breathes a sigh of relief, and the media (in some
cases) focusses its searing gaze on what’s
been made. Just around this time, a stealth visitor
shows up, carrying some equipment, generally slipping
onsite quietly, watchfully, sizing up the brand
new building or space, then spends a few hours
or days making a visual record of what he/she
sees. The architectural photographer is a lonely
hunter, seeking out certain ‘truths’
about buildings that perhaps differ from their
architects’ or owners’. The images
produced from the lenses of great photographers
can make a building look more beautiful than it
is, or less; they can alter our appreciation of
them, or help us understand them better. These
photographs are factual records, true, but also
artistic interpretations, and as such, have the
ability as much to distort as to uncover, to enhance
as well as to explain...
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