Architectural photography is a powerful tool used in
architecture today. Photographers and
architects often like to capture the “spirit” of the architecture, rather than
a realistic portrayal of the space.
As a graduate student in interior architecture at Endicott
College, I had the opportunity to attend field trips to a variety of well-known
buildings throughout the east coast such as Phillip Johnson’s Glass House. While touring these buildings with my classmates,
I often heard, “this isn't how I pictured
the building” or “this isn't how I
imagined the building to be like”.
It seemed as though the pictures we saw before we toured, in a way,
skewed our perspective of the buildings.
Architectural photography is often portrayed in perfect
weather conditions, with little usage, and no people interacting within the
space. Why should architecture be
removed from everyday life? People give
architecture life, without them the buildings seem stale and detached. Perhaps if we saw people in the pictures we
would have a better understanding of the buildings. After all, architecture is designed for the
use of the people around it, so shouldn't the people be captured in the pictures?
Farnsworth House
MIT Chapel
Simmons Hall
The Glass House
Guggenheim Museum
Beinecke Library
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