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This is a personal adaptation of Homerus Gardens in Almere-Poort. Seeing the triangular balconies sticking out of the blue façade, I got the association of waves in an ocean. The shifted perspective on several levels creates a restless impression, but the storm at the same time is kept under control by organizing it all within a grid. Original design by Olof Architects in Almere.
This work is part of the ongoing exhibition 'Ritme in de Polder' [Rhythm in the Polder]. It is a duo exhibition of Ger Dekkers and me at Kunstlinie and Station Almere Centre.
It will be shown until 9 April 2023.
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Superkilen is a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark. The pattern of meandering parallel white lines on the pavement is very eye catching. When I arrived there, it started to rain and it seemed to go on forever. I almost decided to leave, but in the end I proceeded shooting in these crazy conditions. While my wife held an umbrella above the camera, my son Floris (in a red raincoat) reluctantly volunteered to walk the park.
The challenge of taking this photo in a way illustrates the difficulties we need to overcome in our lives to make progress. As Floris is having a turbulent phase in his life right now, I can only encourage him when I say: "Keep going! There are better times ahead!".
In photographing this contemporary building, I wanted to isolate and emphasize the sensual curvature of its metallic facade against the dark backdrop. By choosing a low angle and tight framing, my intention was to transform this architectural element into something more abstract and sculptural rather than simply documenting the building as a whole. The black and white treatment was essential to my vision – it strips away the distraction of color and highlights the interplay of light across the panels' surfaces and edges.
I was particularly drawn to the repetitive pattern of the metal panels and how they follow the organic curve of the structure, creating a rhythm of light and shadow. Some panels feature perforations that add subtle texture variations to the otherwise sleek surface. By composing the image with the curve dominating the frame against the deep black background, I aimed to create a sense of scale that feels simultaneously massive and intimate.
This photograph represents my ongoing fascination with how modern architecture can create forms that seem to defy conventional structural expectations – appearing both solid and fluid at the same time. I wanted the viewer to experience the tactile quality of this facade and appreciate the precision engineering behind such seemingly effortless curves.
Week: Variations on a Theme, image 1
Ghery's architectural works stand out in any skyline. The multiple colors, textures, and waves on the Museum of Pop Culture exhibit a wonderful feast of the eyes. While many of his buildings and designs are similar to the Pritzker Pavilion here in Chicago - mostly uniform in color - the Seattle design has multiple treatments and colors for the sheet metal. As we walked around the exterior, I found dozens and perhaps hundreds of potential abstracts, and after editing, here are a few that stood out as spectacular.
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As you walk away from the Seattle Space Needle, you're treated to the chrome and copper variations in the anodized metal. The waves and variations reminded me of a patchwork quilt that has been tossed on the couch; almost as if the wind had blown the building into that particular spot in Seattle's downtown.
New canal side student housing's "Flipper Bays", overlooking Mile End Park in East London - October 2014. Architects: Feilden Clegg Bradley.
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is a public art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the first century to the present day. The gallery has 480,000 square feet of physical spacethat houses, in addition to display galleries, an extensive library, student spaces, workshops, a high-end restaurant, a café, an espresso bar, a research centre, a theatre and lecture hall, a Frank Gehry-designed gift shop, and an event space called the Baillie Court. The AGO has hosted and organized some of the world's most important exhibitions.
Since 1974, the gallery has seen four major expansions and renovations, the most recent being the addition of the Weston Family Learning Centre, which opened in October 2011, and the David Milne Research Centre, which opened in April 2012. Both projects were designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects. Previous major renovations were designed by noted architects John C. Parkin (1977), Barton Myers and KPMB Architects (1993), and Frank Gehry (2008).
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Observing "The Moretti" and a man observing himself. It happened at La Défense, Paris, blessed with a rare bit of sunshine.
This is my reimagined composition of a refugee shelter in Almere (NL). I loved playing with the rhythmic repetition of identical living units, each personalized by their inhabitants by window dressings and objects in front of the facade. I also kept in the little boy that was playing on the balcony (top left) in a matching orange t-shirt.
This image is part of my current exhibition in Almere, The Netherlands, open until 9 April 2023. More information:
This apartment block appealed to me because of its pattern of diagonals embedded in the brick colors. I enlarged the original building and using this "canvas" I played with the rhythm of windows and window placeholders with a checkered brick pattern.
Also this image is part of my current exhibition in Almere, The Netherlands, open until 9 April 2023. More information:
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I am currently working on a series of New York fire escapes, collected during my visit in November 2019. For me this also offers an upbeat escape from the news. I hope you will enjoy it!
As a photographer, a common theme I like to find is minimal geometry and patterns in nature or man-made objects. Architecture always lends to abstraction if you know where to look. This photo was taken just the other day at the Avenues Mall in Jacksonville, FL.
I titled this piece “Millennium” as the geometry reminds me of the Millennium Falcon flying through narrow passageways in the Death Star.
Detail shot of the circular 31 floor Rivergate Tower in Tampa, Florida. It is also known as the Sykes Building, or the Beer Can Building. Built between 1986 and 1988.
Architect: Harry Wolf.
Photo taken in 2017 but not previously published.
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This composition envisions my ideal for the future city and at the same time it illustrates the cross-roads we are facing as a planet. The starting point was my series of photographs of ‘Trudo Vertical Forest’ in Eindhoven (NL), a residential tower by architect Stefano Boeri.
I separately photographed four corners of the tower and put them together into an X-shaped junction, creating a utopian city view that could be just around the corner.