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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 04:40:13 pm

Title: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 04:40:13 pm


I am doing research to find new and exiting photographers / artist working in the field of architectural photography.

Let me give you some examples of names who interest me:

Robert Polidori, Candida Höfer, Walter Niedermayr, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Edward Burtynsky etc as top world class artist who work with architectural photography.

Please add some more names in this category.



There is a lot of artist who is working in the field of architectural photography; this is what I have a special interest in.

Names like: Andreas Gefeller, Antje Hanebeck, Beatrice Minda, Bert Teunissen, Ferit Kuyas, Guido Guidi, John Offenbach, Michael Wolf, Sze Tsung Leong, Todd Hido.

Please add names to this list too.



I am most aware of top class architectural photographers like Richard Bryant, Hisao Suzuki, Roland Halbe, Helene Binet, they interest me a lot, but this is currently not what I am looking for.

I am of cause aware of the grand old men like Julius Shulman, Bernd Becher, Brasai, Walker Evans, the list is long, but I am looking for contemporary photographers.

I am not looking for commercial architectural photographers, but photographers who use architectural photography as an artistic expression to create personal work.


Thank you all,

TES



Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: elliot_n on February 28, 2011, 05:13:07 pm
Lynne Cohen
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: asf on February 28, 2011, 05:31:31 pm
Axel Hutte, Lewis Baltz
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 05:47:28 pm

Hey guys, thanks.

Lynne Cohen

She has interesting work I will have to look into.

Axel Hutte, Lewis Baltz

Axel Hütte is a favorite, I have his books.

Lewis Baltz, somehow I never connected him to Architectural phptography, but he sure has some excellent work.
Is he a part of the New Topographic movement in America ?

Cheers

TES



Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tho_mas on February 28, 2011, 05:56:21 pm
Edward Burtynsky
Mitch Epstein
Stephen Shore
Frank Gohlke
Joel Sternfeld
Jörg Sasse
Peter Bialobrzeski
Keisuke Shirota
Sebastian Burger
Stephan Zirwes



Lewis Baltz, somehow I never connected him to Architectural phptography, but he sure has some excellent work.
Is he a part of the New Topographic movement in America ?
yes, actually he is one of the most prominent artists of the new topographics
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: yaya on February 28, 2011, 06:00:31 pm
Virgile Simon Bertrand
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: paulmoorestudio on February 28, 2011, 06:02:48 pm
landscape photographer lyle gomes has a really nice series that are architecturally based.."measured spaces" (http://www.lindentreesf.com/journal/2010/8/6/lyle-gomes.html)
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: Kirk Gittings on February 28, 2011, 06:03:40 pm
Depends on how you define AP and FAP. This is an area of particular interest to me also-both intellectually and in my own work. Here are some of my favorites past and present besides those mentioned above. Some are not "pure"  FAAPs but did some interesting work in that area. Bill Schwab, Ed Ranney, John Nickel, John Szarkowski, Aaron Siskind, Steve Sherman, Andreas Gefeller, Ed Richards, Morley Baer, Laura Gilpin, Mark Citret, Robert Polidori, Gabriele Basilco,

There is also some discussion about this on my blog-look through the index. Good luck.
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 06:20:35 pm

This is turning into a great exchange - some names I never heard of - GREAT - thank you guys.

Here are a few names to you:

Joakim Eskildsen (The Roma Journeys - interiors)
Friederike von Rauch
Gerry Johansson
Ola Kolehmainen

Cheers

TES

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 06:24:37 pm
Depends on how you define AP and FAP.

Lets keep it open :-) as it is for inspiration.

Some good names there Kirk, I will also check your blog.

Cheers

TES

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: elliot_n on February 28, 2011, 06:26:13 pm
A couple of Brits:

Mark Power
John Davies
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 06:39:53 pm

Mark Power
John Davies


Mark Power is excellent, I have his book 26 different endings, and the new "sound of two songs" on its way from amazon.

I will have to look into John Davies.

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 06:45:11 pm
Edward Burtynsky
Mitch Epstein
Stephen Shore
Frank Gohlke
Joel Sternfeld
Jörg Sasse
Peter Bialobrzeski
Keisuke Shirota
Sebastian Burger
Stephan Zirwes


yes, actually he is one of the most prominent artists of the new topographics


Keisuke Shirota is exiting news for me, thanks
Stephan Sirwes this is really great aerial photography
Sebastian Burger looks interesting too

The rest I know, but thanks for reminding me of these great artist.


Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on February 28, 2011, 06:46:55 pm
landscape photographer lyle gomes has a really nice series that are architecturally based.."measured spaces" (http://www.lindentreesf.com/journal/2010/8/6/lyle-gomes.html)


Interesting concept, and very poetic photographs, thanks. Makes me want to dust off my x-pan.

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: JHalle on February 28, 2011, 11:27:28 pm
Hi,

Also take a look at:

Heidi Specker
Matthias Hoch
Per Bak Jensen
Marco Zanta
Stephane Couturier
Naoya Hatakeyama
Olivo Barbieri
Frank van der Salm

Cheers
Jan
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tatibcn on March 01, 2011, 01:20:26 am
And not to forget two excellent german photographers, both still without huge international reputation - just a matter of time

Landscapes: Susanne Wegner
Architecture: Brigida Gonzalez (she uses 2 different pages ... Have a look at
3dminus1.de/ )


Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: Gigi on March 01, 2011, 05:29:01 am
Geoffrey James
Bob Thall

did someone mention Atget yet?
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: Mr. Rib on March 01, 2011, 11:43:10 am
Great topic, some really great suggestions here..

That's as far fetched as it gets but here you go: Gerold Tagwerker and his urban studies

http://www.geroldtagwerker.com/arbeiten.html (3rd-6th row counting from the very bottom of the page)
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on March 01, 2011, 06:33:26 pm

Thank you very much guys, this is indeed very helpful for my research.

Some great names there Jan, I wonder how you would know of Per Bak Jensen ? I like your collection.
Frank van der Salm reminds me of Jörg Sasse and this is good in my book.

tatibcn, wow these two are good.

Gerffreyg - Bob Thall and Geoffrey James google image search looks very interesting, do you know their websites ? Atget is a master of cause.

Mr. Rib, this is a very interesting artist, thanks.

Cheers,

TES



Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: JHalle on March 01, 2011, 11:21:40 pm
Hi Tes,

Per Bak Jensen is a fellow Dane! Very influential on contemporary Danish photography. I especially like some of his earlier work, such as the series "Den Gådefulde By" ( The Enigmatic City ).

Another Danish photographer worth looking at is Mads Gamdrup, who studied with Per Bak Jensen at the Art Academy in Copenhagen.

Best
Jan
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on March 03, 2011, 04:58:50 am
Hi Tes,

Per Bak Jensen is a fellow Dane! Very influential on contemporary Danish photography. I especially like some of his earlier work, such as the series "Den Gådefulde By" ( The Enigmatic City ).

Another Danish photographer worth looking at is Mads Gamdrup, who studied with Per Bak Jensen at the Art Academy in Copenhagen.

Best
Jan


Hi Jan

Thanks, here is another interesting Danish artist for you:

http://www.jesper-rasmussen.dk/Off_location_english.html

Cheers,

TES

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on March 03, 2011, 05:13:23 am

To open up the discussion about Architectural Photography and Artist working in the field, here is a few names and projects working with what might be described as Constructed Reality, I find this fascinating:

Thomas Demand:

http://www.thomasdemand.de/

Oliver Boberg:

http://oliver-boberg.com/content/

Jesper Rasmussen:

http://www.jesper-rasmussen.dk/Off_location_english.html

Abelardo Morell: (I love his Camera Obscura work)

http://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/recent_01/recent_01.html

Beate Gütschow:

http://www.beateguetschow.net/

Michael Reisch: (here is something for the landscape folks):

http://www.michaelreisch.com/

Michael Wesely (I like his open shutter project):

http://www.toxicocultura.com/blog/?p=816


I guess the list is long: Andreas Gursky, Jeff Wall, Gregory Crewson.....


I would be happy if anyone could add to the list.

Thanks

TES

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: dkaufman on March 03, 2011, 01:00:48 pm
Don't normally toot my own horn, but I have been doing such work since 1984. See my website for a few images and contact info.

www.davidkaufmanphotography.com

David Kaufman
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: elliot_n on March 03, 2011, 01:18:16 pm

I would be happy if anyone could add to the list.


Sohei Nishino - http://soheinishino.com/en/ - currently exhibiting at the Michael Hoppen gallery, London.
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tho_mas on March 03, 2011, 01:18:39 pm
me (http://tinyurl.com/yq7rxz)
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: paulmoorestudio on March 03, 2011, 02:36:09 pm
nice series tho_mas
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: adrian tyler on March 04, 2011, 03:37:28 am
i try to work with the built enviroment (provisional site)

http://www.adamowich.com/WEB/AdrianTylerPhoto/index.html

and a couple of friends do too:

http://www.aitor-ortiz.com/

http://www.dionisiogonzalez.es/
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: Gigapixel on March 04, 2011, 04:25:30 am
I'm trying...

http://www.mh-photo.ch (http://www.mh-photo.ch)
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: fredjeang on March 04, 2011, 12:07:35 pm
Roland Fisher
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: fredjeang on March 04, 2011, 12:15:56 pm
me (http://tinyurl.com/yq7rxz)
Nice work Thomas. Don't know what the sizes are but won't be surprised to see you soon or later in the hands of top galleries.(if not already the case).
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tho_mas on March 04, 2011, 12:44:34 pm
nice series tho_mas
many thanks!

Roland Fisher
Fischer ... I assume?

Nice work Thomas. Don't know what the sizes are but won't be surprised to see you soon or later in the hands of top galleries.(if not already the case).
thanks a lot for the encouraging compliment! I have not yet seriously showed my works to gallerists (just some "tests" to evaluate general possibilities). I feel I first need a second series (so that there is a follow up... I think one exhibition is maybe not so hard, the second and third is much harder).
But I have time...
Prints are 120cm high.
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tesfoto on March 04, 2011, 05:16:24 pm
This is getting even better than I have hoped for.

I am very happy to see fellow artist showing great personal work in this field.


Thomas - excellent work. I wonder if these are computer manipulated, please tell a little more about the work.
David - I would like to see more of your Recurrent memories work, but don’t seem to be able to locate the project on your site.
Adrian - excellent work. I am looking at all your images on your site. Really consistent good work, this is rare. Thanks for the other links.
Matthias - I really like your concrete and architectural work.

fredjean - Roland Fischer, I was only aware of his water portraits (almost like Roni Horn), but I will for sure look into his other work. Thanks

Cheers

TES

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tho_mas on March 04, 2011, 06:19:47 pm
Thomas - excellent work. I wonder if these are computer manipulated, please tell a little more about the work.
thank you!
If "computer manipulated" refers to a kind of assemblage style (i.e. foreground, building and sky are assembled from different scenes or so) then no. Basically you could visit the sites and recognize the respective photographs (well, actually you can not - they do not look like that anymore as most subjects were shot in the construction phase of the buildings… but basically you could recognize them). Some include retouching, though. Of course most images contain selective curves and color edits (and distortion correction, naturally), but there are also some that are pretty much "out of camera" (so to say). A few images took me weeks, even months to capture … I visited the sites again and again but there was always something in the way (trucks, tractors or so. Boring light. Or even worse: a pitoresque sky… I generally do not shoot fleecy clouds and such… obviously).
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: cng on March 05, 2011, 07:23:54 am
Thomas Ruff (Everyone has already mentioned most members of the Dusseldorf school, but have left this one out.  Yes, his work is quite unlike the others but he has also done some "architectural"-related work.)

Armin Linke

Yang Yongliang
http://www.yangyongliang.com/website/works.jsp?worksId=4

Leo Fabrizio (His Swiss Bunkers series is brilliant and beautiful.  I saw it exhibited a few years ago in Paris.  As with most things, you have to see the full-size prints in real-life to truly appreciate the work.)
http://www.polarinertia.com/july06/bunker01.htm

There are many more, but my mind has gone blank ...

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: asf on March 05, 2011, 12:37:25 pm
Thank you for the link to the Swiss Bunker series
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: cng on March 06, 2011, 02:32:56 am
Just remembered ...

Donovan Wylie (Magnum – if that matters to you) for these two series:  "British Watchtower" and "The Maze".
http://www.steidlville.com/books/947-Maze.html
http://www.belfastexposed.org/exhibitions/index.php?show=past&year=2007&exhibition=45

Jan Kempenaers:  He documents former communist monuments in his "Spomenik: The End of History" series.
http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/the-photography-of-jan-kempenaers.html

You may have noticed that I am a big fan of the Bechers' typological approach.
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: tom_l on March 06, 2011, 05:02:49 am
Quote
Jan Kempenaers:  He documents former communist monuments in his "Spomenik: The End of History" series.
http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/the-photography-of-jan-kempenaers.html

these are amazing!

Here's another one.
I love Carl de Keyzer's (of Magnum) ongoing project Moments before the flood, which is also in a kind of topographic, architectural spirit

http://www.momentsbeforetheflood.com/

Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: cng on March 06, 2011, 07:07:22 am
these are amazing!

You should see the whole series:
http://www.google.com.au/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Jan+Kempenaers&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=b3hzTYKYGoSycbiH1PgC&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=1030
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: alatreille on March 06, 2011, 10:37:47 am
Hi Tes,

For a 'Down Under' Photographer, check out Jon Gollings.
He does work as a 'Commercial' Photographer and is arguably the best in Australia, but has many personal projects in which he shoots built form.
He's actually a trained architect as an Architect in the 60's.
http://www.gollings.com.au/

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andrew
www.ldphoto.ca
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: Robcat on March 06, 2011, 11:13:23 am
Unless I missed him, Sven Fennema of Germany: http://www.sven-fennema.de (http://www.sven-fennema.de) or view a nice collection on 1x.com http://1x.com/member/9290/sven-fennema/ (http://1x.com/member/9290/sven-fennema/)
Title: Re: Architectural Photography as Fine Art Photography
Post by: archivue on March 07, 2011, 10:54:34 am
in the year 2000, i've published a book called Urban Landscape... the pdf is still available here :

http://documentsdartistes.org/artistes/giancatarina/images/livre.pdf (http://documentsdartistes.org/artistes/giancatarina/images/livre.pdf)