“One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.”

~ Rem Koolhaas
(Seattle Public Library, designed by Rem Koolhaus)
#remkoolhaus #architecture #modernarchitecture #seattle #architecturalphotography #windowfriday
#photography Sony World Photography Awards ceremony is Thursday in London. Photographer of the Year announced that night. Joel Meyerowitz receives the Outstanding Contribution award — street photography to Ground Zero documentation. Architecture Open winner: Markus Naarttijärvi (Sweden), a paper mill at night in Obbola. Worth watching. worldphoto.org #ArchitecturalPhotography
#photography Something worth saying plainly: clients who hire architectural photographers often think they're documenting what a building looks like. What they're actually doing is building the case for why the space succeeds — how scale reads, how light moves through it, how materials hold up under scrutiny, how the sequence of spaces tells a story. The photograph isn't the record. It's the argument. #ArchitecturalPhotography #CommercialPhotography
Stacks of red torii gates with black accents and Japanese characters, arranged in vertical columns against a backdrop of blurred tree branches.

#photography #architecturalphotography #torii #japan #stonepillars #japanesecharacters #goldenhour #travel #kyoto #fujifilm

Archikolegiata pw. NMP i Świętego Aleksego w Tumie

Archikolegiata pod wezwaniem Najświętszej Marii Panny i świętego Aleksego w Tumie, jest największą z zachowanych świątyń romańskich w Polsce. Imponujących rozmiarów świątynia z granitu i polnych kamieni, postała na miejscu pierwszego na ziemiach polskich klasztoru Benedyktynów. Po dwudziestu latach budowy konsekrowana została w 1161 roku – była, w roku 1180, miejscem pierwszego w Polsce synodu, a w kolejnych wiekach dwudziestu następnych synodów. Służyła także jako schronienie dla okolicznej ludności. Oparła się najazdowi Tatarów w 1241 roku, ale została zdobyta i zrujnowana przez Litwinów w 1293 roku, a w 1331 przez Krzyżaków. Tyle o historii, a teraz o tej fotografii. Zrobiłem tylko jedno zdjęcie, nie tylko w tym przypadku, w wielu innych miejscach, do których nie miałem szans przyjechać powtórnie, było tak samo, jedno ujęcie i koniec. Koniec, bo każde naciśnięcie spustu migawki to dodatkowy koszt, filmy i wywoływanie kosztowały wtedy nie mało. Teraz, gdy fotografujemy aparatami cyfrowymi ograniczać nas może pojemność karty pamięci lub akumulatora, ale to teraz. Mogę też teraz bezsensownie biadolić, że nie ofotografowałem dokładnie kościoła w Tumie, cerkwi w Tuluczu.., ale w tamtych czasach oszczędzałem każdą klatkę, nie robiłem też drugiego naświetlenia na wszelki wypadek. Piszę o tym bo o tych ograniczeniach się nie pamięta.

Aparat średnioformatowy Pentax 67, obiektyw Asahi Pentax SMC Macro Takumar 6×7 135 mm f/4.0. Film Fujichrome Provia 100F. Filtr polaryzacyjny.

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The Arch-Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Alexius in Tum is the largest surviving Romanesque church in Poland. This imposing structure, built of granite and fieldstone, stands on the site of the first Benedictine monastery in Poland. After twenty years of construction, it was consecrated in 1161 – in 1180, it was the venue for the first synod in Poland, and in the following centuries, twenty further synods were held there. It also served as a refuge for the local population. It withstood the Tatar invasion in 1241, but was captured and ruined by the Lithuanians in 1293, and by the Teutonic Knights in 1331. So much for the history; now for this photograph. I took just one photo – not only in this case, but in many other places I didn’t have the chance to visit again, it was the same: one shot and that was it. That was it, because every press of the shutter button meant an extra cost; film and development were quite expensive back then. Nowadays, when we take photos with digital cameras, we might be limited by the capacity of the memory card or the battery, but that’s how it is now. I could also sit here now and pointlessly lament that I didn’t photograph the church in Tuma or the Orthodox church in Tulucz properly… but back then I saved every frame, and I didn’t take a second shot just in case. I’m writing about this because people don’t remember those limitations.

#archicolegiateDeTum #archikolegiataWTumie #architecturalPhotography #architecture #architectureRomane #architektura #architekturaRomańska #arquicolegiadaDeTum #arquitetura #arquiteturaRomânica #art #arte #AsahiSMCPentaxMacroTakumar6x7135MmF40 #église #BenedictineMonastery #BenedictineOrder #church #fotografiaArchitektury #fotografiaDeArquitetura #FujichromeProvia100F #histoire #historia #historicMonument #history #igreja #invasãoDosCruzados #invasãoDosLituanos #invasãoDosTártaros #invasionDesLituaniens #invasionDesTatars #invasionDesTeutons #KlasztorBenedyktynów #kościół #krajobraz #landscape #LithuanianInvasion #monastèreBénédictin #monumentHistorique #monumento #MosteiroDosBeneditinos #najazdKrzyżaków #najazdLitwinów #najazdTatarów #OrdemDosBeneditinos #ordreDesBénédictins #paisagem #paysage #Pentax67 #photographieDArchitecture #Poland #Pologne #Polonia #Polska #RomanesqueArchitecture #sanctuary #sztuka #TatarInvasion #temple #templo #TeutonicKnightsInvasion #Tum #TumArchcollegiateChurch #zabytek #zakonBenedyktynów #świątynia
“Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.”

~ Frank Gehry
#frankgerhy #architecture #chicago #architecturalphotography
#photography Architecture MasterPrize 2026 is accepting entries — it's one of the few design awards with a dedicated Architectural Photography category rather than tucking it into a general open section. Early deadline is April 30 for 25% off entry. Final deadline August 31. Past winners include work from Zaha Hadid Architects, Kengo Kuma, Snøhetta, and Álvaro Siza Vieira. architectureprize.com #ArchitecturalPhotography #Architecture

Indeed, couldn't agree more: “the best camera ever made for photographing architecture.”

Architectural Photographer Captures the Machines Behind Artemis II | PetaPixel
https://petapixel.com/2026/04/08/architectural-photographer-captures-the-machines-behind-artemis-ii/

#photography #architecturalphotography #canoneos5ds #TiltShiftLens

Architectural Photographer Captures the Machines Behind Artemis II

The machines that took humanity back to the Moon.

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