abstract architectural photography

                                 
 Johnny Kerr



A fine art photography based in the west valley of Arizona having taken an interest in art from a early age. He is a self taught photographer who has mostly in his adult life focused on graphic design but has now moved onto photography. He has chose to use photography as a way of expression. His background in graphic design does come through in his images as they're is a clear use of lines and structure.

His work is shot with a wide angle lens and his use of angles is really strong when it comes to shooting these images. He looks at shooting from ground level looking up. He focuses on  really tall building as this creates a grander picture. His images look at patterns and lines but also focuses on space around the building to isolating the basic elements. He looks at contrast by doing his images in black and white and focusing on shadows and highlights. The images are extremely abstract.

Simon Kennedy 

A London based photographer Simon Kennedy focuses on looking at interior and architecture. By studying and teaching architecture he has a good understanding of the subject this also has gave me a strong photographic vision when looking at architecture.He uses software enhancements within his images. This is why the colours appear strong. he mainly looks at blue and whites within his work and his image with a lot of white within do seem bleak. His images almost have an eery feel to them. He almost makes the buildings look abandoned. I feel his back ground in architecture has been a massive advantage within his work as you can see he has a strong understanding of lines and the way the buildings. He shows strong composition throughout his images. He states “My top tip for beginning architectural photographers is simply to get out there and do it a lot. This is the best way to understand how architecture photographs in different light, from dawn to dusk and into the night." This shows he looks into more detail within his work, To him it is just more than taking picture he wants to explore the subject and understand it as he feels it will help with the success of his images.





Janie Airey 

Working with companies and design agencies Janie has a wide variety of work when it comes to her portfolio from portraits to architecture. She was lucky enough to photograph the 2012 Olympic stadium in London. Her work consist of lots of open space making these locations deserted. Her images are clear and crisps and mainly focuses on lines and shapes within her images. They are very simplistic, most of her work focuses on rule of thirds as a lot of her images the patterns are in 3's this helps you view the image as you view the image in blocks. This images speak no narrative yet speak feelings of emptiness and feeling alone as this could be a way of someone perceiving their feelings through these images.







Alexandra Jacques

"The facades of well-known buildings in Paris, New York and Brisbane have been reduced to patterned surfaces and silhouettes in this series of images" This images are extremely abstract and may also be perceived as surreal. he has taken something we see with the human eye and the exaggerated on them by cropping these images to create patterns we wouldn't see to this extent. At first some of his images are hard to read as some of them do not look like buildings. The colours are really strong within his images, you can also see that he has thought about these images carefully as you perceive the image in a completely different way to its natural form.  I really like the way he has looked at patterns and forms in his work to create unique images of things we see everyday. 





Pete Sieger

Studying architecture in the late 60's Sieger created an interest for architectural photography when he got his first large format camera that was a 4”x5” Kodak Masterview with a 90mm Schneider Angulon lens. He has now moved on to using a DSLR. His work has been put in exhibitions and magazines from both of these kinds of cameras. His work is injected with a lot of colours and also a lot of block colours such as the top image i have chose only really has two colours within the image which is a red and blue however these are really strong bold colours making the images appealing to the eye and striking. He looks a forms within his images. He looks at cropping images so the whole building is not in view. There is a lot of structure within his images as he explores lines strongly. He has been referred to being photographer with a architectural eye i feel this is because he had a history in architecture so he understands building a lot better when it comes to things such as structure and forms.

Dave Wilson


A scottish photographer living in Texas Wilson has been taking photo's since the early 1980's. He uses his images to intensify colour,shape and texture as in most of his images he uses HDR techniques. His images are really strong when it comes to colours as he brings out golds and blues a lot within his work.He also uses high contrast when his work is in black and white. I really like the use of angles within his work as he uses wide angles to create these images that have so much shape within them. As they are shot at extraordinary wide angles this also creates great detail within the images. His images do look have a strong HDR affect to them as the layers are strong this also adds texture to the images.