Architecture and arrogance

I recently completed some work for the architecture firm Noero Wolff. They employ me to photograph their buildings and they don't prescribe the way in which I work which makes the result satisfying to all involved.

My grounding in photography has made me aware of the way in which people occupy, and move through, space. This training combined with free architecture briefs means that the buildings are invariably couched in a broader context which includes other structures and people.

I think that if the people who surround the building are composed in way which is staggered in a particular style the viewer will be implicated in a set of vectors which make looking at the work more engaging, both in terms of scale and simple aesthetics.

Architects who revere the photograph in which their product is isolated from context are arrogant.

Russian ESQUIRE

Hah! Some lewd work in Russian Esquire.

The magazine called me and asked me for the usage of a photograph from the Milnerton series. I love the photograph. It features all sorts of cheesy detritus including a poster depicting some babe just about to tear open her blouse and expose her breasts and a microphone which obviously cut its teeth on satin rugs draping the karaoke floors of Chinese immigrants' lounges.

It's a very, very well put together magazine. I was astounded. Check Bob Dylan on the cover.