Architecture notes

• architectural photographs are indirect portraits
• early films were notoriously slow and needed hours of exposure for one image- architecture was a perfect subject

Frederick H. Evans

• one of the greatest architecture photographers in the history of architectural photography
• large part of work focused on cathedrals in London
• depicted emotion with the use of light
• his advice to photographers: "Try for a record of emotion rather than a piece photography."
• worked primarily in platinum papers
• during WWI, platinum was used exclusively for making bombs and munitions
• rather than switching developing processes or changing papers, he gave up photography forever

Ezra Stoller (1915-2004)

• influential architectural photographer

Thinking Artistically

• you can focus on the full-view of the space and the emotions connected to it, like a portrait
• or focus on the details of a building, as an exploration of abstract images

Patterns

• in architectural photography, patterns are very important