Aspects of Architectural Photography

Aspects of architectural photography Pygmalion Karatzas

TAAST Workshops, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1 College of Architecture and Design, March 2 2016

Timeline !

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 !

2012 - present: Pygmalion Karatzas Photography Photo Editor at DAC

Dancers, Denver

content

movement

tilt shift

blue hour

artistic weather

color, B&W

daylight

timelapse

interior series

unavoidable

decisive moment point of view context

vertical

raw patters

composition

collaborations post-processing gear

people

iconic

editing

logistics aerial

formats

construction long exposure

#people

West Concourse, PATH Station, New York, Santiago Calatrava

#people

Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects

#decisive moment

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Renzo Piano

#movement

McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Chicago, OMA/Rem Koolhaas

#movement

Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, Frank Gehry

#daylight

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, New York, WEISS MANFREDI Architects

#dusk / blue hour

Perez Art Museum, Miami, Herzog & de Meuron

#dusk / blue hour

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Diller Scofidio + Renfro

#dusk / blue hour

Art Institute Chicago, Renzo Piano

#context

Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects

#context

State Street Village, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Helmut Jahn

#context

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, New York, WEISS MANFREDI Architects

#context

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Foster & Partners

#point of view

Harvard Art Museums, Renovation & Extension, Cambridge, Renzo Piano

#point of view

Harvard Art Museums, Renovation & Extension, Cambridge, Renzo Piano

#point of view

Boston Fine Art Museum, Contemporary Art Wing, I.M. Pei

#unavoidable

State Street Village, IIT Dormitory, Chicago, Murphy-Jahn Associates

#content

Lakefront Kiosk, Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015, Ultramoderne

#content

McMurtry building for the Department of Art, Stanford, Diller Scofidio + Renfro

#composition

New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Frank Gehry

#composition

James Clark Center, Stanford, Foster + Partners

#composition

Hunter’s Point South Park, New York, Weiss/Manfredi

#vertical lines

JFK Library & Museum, Boston, I.M. Pei

#series (vertigo)

JFK Library, Boston, I.M. Pei

#raw, HDR, white balance

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Fumihiko Maki

#patterns, details

Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, Frank Gehry

#patterns, details

Fulton Center, New York, Nicholas Grimshaw

#gear

Cooper Union, New York, Morphosis / Thom Mayne

#format

Manhattan Bridge, New York

#tilt-shift

Bay Bridge, San Francisco

#construction sites

Denver Union Station, SOM

#interior

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago, Murphy Jahn Architects

#interior

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago, Murphy Jahn Architects

#interior

New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Frank Gehry

#bad weather

Aqua Tower, Chicago

Trump Tower, Chicago

#previsualization

Convention Center, Boston, Rafael Vi単oly

#previsualization

EMP Museum, Seattle, Frank Gehry

#collaborations

archisearch.gr

#collaborations

#collaborations

#long exposure

Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago

#long exposure

Miami Beach

#long exposure

Bay Bridge, San Francisco

#long exposure

Pier 34, New York

#aerial

Miami Beach

#editing

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago, Murphy Jahn Architects

#editing

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, New York, WEISS MANFREDI Architects

#editing

Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects

#iconic

Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects

#iconic

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, University of Chicago, Murphy Jahn Architects

#color / B&W

Charles River Esplanade, Boston

#color / B&W

Venice Beach, Los Angeles

#color / B&W

Riverside, Chicago

#color / B&W

North End, Boston

Lower Manhattan, New York

#color / B&W

Union Wharf, Boston

Lo Presti Park, East Boston

#artistic

InterActiveCorp HQs, New York, Frank Gehry

#series (urban waterscapes)

Hudson River, New York

Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston

#series (urban waterscapes)

Navy Pier, Boston

Santa Barbara Pier

#series (vertigo)

Oak Park Library, Chicago, Nagle Hartray

#series

West Concourse, New York

#series

Denver Creek

#series

Fine Arts Museum, Boston

#series

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver

#timelapse

Empire State of Mind - Cityscapes in timelapse

#video

Empire State of Mind - Cityscapes in time-lapse

#post-processing

WMS Rowing Boathouse, Chicago, Studio Gang Architects

#post-processing

#post-processing

#logistics, research

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 7

Miami Beach

#logistics, research

Statistics !

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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

#logistics, research

#integral

see it for what it is (traditional) see it for what it is not (modern) see it for what else it can be (postmodern) include and transcend (integral)

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