Presentation at Circuits & Currents Fine Arts School, Athens November 2016
Integral Lens An integral approach to architectural photography Pygmalion Karatzas
Background 1991 - 1995: B.Sc. in Architecture, Budapest 1995 - 1997: M.Sc. in Urban Design, Edinburgh 1999 - 2004: Freelance Architect 2005 - 2009: Karatzas Technical Office 2009 - 2011: Karatzas & Pusterla Architects 2011 - 2012: Karatzas | Hassan | Papakonstantinou 2013 - present: Pygmalion Karatzas Photography Photo Editor at DAC 2016 - present: Flow_Network
Personal work Assignments Commissions Collaborations Exhibitions & Competitions
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Photo editor
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Fulbright Scholarship
“In Greece, scholars and students who have been supported by Fulbright have made a big impact on society. There are also countless other Fulbright alumni working in small or medium-sized businesses, non-governmental organizations, schools and research institutions that may be less known to the general audience, however, impact the world we live in without us knowing.� -
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Theoretical models of multi-perspective approaches
Ken Wilber’s Integral Approach
Mark DeKay’s Integral Approach in Architecture and Sustainable Design
An integral approach to the study and representation of the built environment through the photographic medium. 5 months, 10 American cities 1. Architects, photographers, artists 2. Buildings, cities, intentional communities, urban developments, ecovillages 3. Workshops, seminars, technologies 4. Publishers, galleries, agencies 5. Integral photography exploration and formulation
Affiliations Integral Institute, Denver Julius Schulman Institute / Woodbury University, Los Angeles Global Ecovillage Network, Ithaca School of Visual Arts, New York International Center of Photography, New York Architecture for Humanity, San Francisco Technology for cultural heritage, University of California, San Diego College of Architecture and Design, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Itinerary Knoxville: October 19 - November 3 New York: November 3 - 21 Boston: November 21 - December 3 Chicago: December 3 - 15 Los Angeles: December 15 - January 13 San Francisco: January 13 - 25 Seattle: January 25 - 31 Denver: February 1 - 13 Miami: February 13 - 19 New Orleans: February 19 - 24 Knoxville: February 24 - March 6
Two main parallel disciplines: contemporary architecture / editorial, urban landscapes / artistic
McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT, Chicago
Fort Point, Boston
List of buildings visited and photographed during the trip: 1. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, NY, Weiss / Manfredi 2. Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, Renzo Piano Building Workshop 3. Fulton Center, NY, Grimshaw Architects 4. West Concourse, PATH Station, NY, Santiago Calatrava 5. The Morgan Library and Museum extension, New York, by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 6. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, by SANAA. 7. Pier 15, New York, by SHoP Architects and Ken Smith. 8. Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, New York, by Weiss/Manfredi. 9. 9/11 Memorial and Museum, New York, by Micahel Arad, Peter Walker, Davis Brody Bond, and Snohetta. 10. High Line public park, New York, James Corner Field Operations, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. 11. InterActiveCorp’s Head Quarters, NY, Frank Gehry 12. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, Frank Lloyd Wright 13. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NY 14. Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center, NY, David Rockwell. 15. The Julliard School, NY, Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FX Fowle 16. 41 Cooper Square, NY, Morphosis / Thom Mayne 17. The Catholic Center at NYU, Machado Silvetti Architects. 18. The Pavilion at Brookfield Place, NY, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. 19. Zuccotti park, NY, Cooper Roberston. 20. Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects 21. The new MIT Media Lab expansion, Cambridge, Fumihiko Maki. 22. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Art of the Americas Extension, Foster & Partners. 23. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Contemporary Art Extension, I.M. Pei 24. Harvard Art Museums renovation and expansion, Cambridge, Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 25. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Diller + Scofidio + Renfro. 26. JFK Library and Museum, Boston, I.M. Pei. 27. Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Frank Gehry. 28. Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 29. MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Eero Saarinen 30. Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibition 2015, Chicago Cultural Center.
List of buildings visited and photographed during the trip: 31. Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago, Murphy Jahn Architects 32. McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, OMA / Rem Koolhaas 33. State Street Village, IIT Dormitory, Chicago, Helmut Jahn, Murphy-Jahn Associates. 34. Lakefront Kiosk, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Ultramoderne. 35. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Josef Paul Kleihues. 36. Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. 37. WMS Boathouse, Clark Park Chicago, Studio Gang Architects 38. Oak Park Public Library, Chicago, Nagle Hartray Architects. 39. The Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing extension, Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 40. Millennium park plaza, Chicago. 41. S. R. Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago, Mies van der Rohe. 42. Bloomingdale line (trail and park), Chicago. 43. James Thompson Center, Chicago, Helmut Jahn. 44. Frank Lloyd Wright Home and studio, Chicago. 45. California Science Center, Los Angeles. 46. The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, Diller Scofidio + Renfro 47. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Frank Gehry. 48. Getty Center, Los Angeles, Richard Meier. 49. Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple, Lutah Maria Riggs. 50. Malibu Hindu Temple, Los Angeles. 51. Monterey Bay Aquarium, EHDD. 52. Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center, Nevada, Line and Space Architects. 53. California Academy of Science, San Francisco, Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 54. De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, Herzog & de Meuron. 55. Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, Daniel Libeskind 56. Stanford Department of Art & Art History, Stanford, Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 57. Stanford James H. Clark Center, Foster and Partners in collaboration with MBT Architecture. 58. B Cellars Winery, Napa Valley. 59. Domaine Chandon, Napa Valley. 60. Seattle Public Library, OMA / Rem Koolhaas
List of buildings visited and photographed during the trip: 61. Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, Frank Gehry 62. Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Weiss Manfredi. 63. Seattle Center. 64. Museum of History & Industry, Seattle. 65. University of Washington campus, Seattle. 66. Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, Allied Works Architecture 67. Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Adjaye Associates 68. Denver Art Museum extension, Daniel Libeskind 69. Denver Union Station, SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) 70. Denver Performing Arts Complex 71. University of Denver Campus 72. Cadet Chapel, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Walter Netsch, Harold Wagoner, SOM 73. 1111 Lincoln Road Parking, Miami Beach, Herzog & de Meuron 74. Perez Art Museum, Miami, Herzog & de Meuron 75. New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Frank Gehry 76. Faena Arts Center, Miami Beach, OMA / Rem Koolhaas 77. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Voorsanger Mathes LLC 78. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Stephen Goldring Hall, New Orleans, Errol Barron / Michael Toups. 79. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Studio WTA 80. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus
Editorial aspects
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, New York
West Concourse, PATH Station, New York
Chicago Biennial Architecture Exhibition
New World Symphony Hall, Miami
IIT State Street Village, Chicago
Mansueto Library, University of Chicago
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
41 Cooper Square, New York
New World Symphony Hall, Miami
Publications
Publications
Publications
InterActive Corps HQ, New York
Series: Nortigo
Thematic coherence Connecting elements Different types Multi-perspectival approaches
Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge
Fine Arts Museum, Boston
Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
IIT State Street Village, Chicago
Series: Boomeritis
WMS Boathouse, Chicago
St. Mary of the Assumptions Cathedral, San Francisco
Series: Boomeritis
Aqua Tower, Chicago
Lakefront Tower, Chicago
Series: Boomeritis
Boston Convention Center
Series: Boomeritis
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Series: Serial Vision
WWII Museum, New Orleans
Series: Serial Vision
Cloud Gate, Chicago
EMP Museum, Seattle
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver
Series: Cities & Memory
Lo Presti Park, Boston
Series: Cities & Memory
Bloomindale Trail , Chicago
Series: Aperspectival
Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Miami Beach, Florida
Series: Aperspectival
Bloomindale Trail, Chicago
Art Deco District, Miami
Series: Empire State of Mind
Rockefeller Center, New York
Series: Empire State of Mind
Venice Beach, Los Angeles
Series: Empire State of Mind
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Series: Oceanic
Aquatic Pier Bay, San Francisco
Aquatic Pier Bay, San Francisco
Series: AQAL Views
Lower Manhattan, New York
Bay Bridge, San Francisco
Series: AQAL Views
Aquatic Pier Bay, San Francisco
Statistics 9,600 miles flying 4,200 miles driving 1,300 miles public commuting 750,000 steps walking 12,000 images taken 65,000 images in timelapse video 20 meetings & interviews 142 days on the road
Product 1: books
Product 2: cityscape videography (timelapse & hyperlapse)
Product 3: competitions
Product 4: Presentations
Product 5: Collaborations
Product 6: Interviews & photo walks
The Early Realists Eugene Atget Berenice Abbott Walter Evans
The Modernists Ansel Adams Paul Strand
The Humanists Henri Cartier-Bresson Steve McCurry
Product 7: integral photography paper
The Introspectionists Minor White John Daido Loori
The Postmodernists Robert Adams Stephen Shore Andreas Gursky Edward Burtynsky Michael Wolf Hiroshi Sugimoto
The Neo-Pictorials Michael Kenna David Burdeny Michael Massaia Irene Kung John Kosmopoulos Fabric Silly
The Editorials Julius Schulman Ezra Stoller Hedrich Blessing Iwan Baan Fernando Guerra Tim Griffith
Continuation
photography as exploration and self-expression photography as education
photography as a broader cultural asset
photography as communication
photography as vocation
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