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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