I
have a thing for space... This year, one of my resolutions was to shoot more iconic buildings, giving them that human dimension
they were designed and shaped into. But lets not forget the other, more
mundane, not so "beautiful", and with less of an aesthetic sense
ones, because they also shape the space we move and live in. I have a thing for
those spaces too, and believe there's a visual quality in some places we don't
expect to find this sort of contemplative characteristic.
I'm
slowly, but steadily, developing my own style as a photographer. Rich textures,
high contrasts, diagonals and triangles, as well as bringing the viewer inside
the scene are becoming common traits within my photos.
This
last one I think is what pulls my work apart from other architecture
photographers'. I'm being honest when I say I like the luminous and immaculate
architecture pictures we're used to see on Instagram and on the most popular
on-line platforms and printed magazines. But, the truth is, when I'm behind the
camera, I usually fall into this urge to communicate Architecture's extremely
human dimension. Doing so isn't a conscious process, but it's the result that ultimately
I produce.
I
think space perception is not always in the public mind and, in fact, in most
of architects' minds also, resulting in this general collection of iconic, yet
cold, architecture photographs.
I must confess I almost never think about composition while shooting. I'm attracted to space, images, and to some casual and spontaneous scenes. It's while I'm post-processing that I actually read the images and study their composition, so I might describe myself as an organic photographer: a photographer of the moment, of the atmosphere and of the sensations. And then there's my attraction to geometric shapes and architectural forms and ambiences. I guess visual culture plays a major role when you're out there shooting.
And this is my personal research: portraying architecture from the viewer's eye, capturing the way one can live and feel. From within. From the core.
"I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a good photographer does not merely document, he probes the subject, he 'uncovers' it"
Berenice Abbott
1898 - 1991
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