PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography lets us capture a version of something; whatever is within the cropped region of a photo becomes its own object. This notion is where my interest in the medium starts. In a world of virality and social media, what becomes known of architecture is often only what’s documented and shared. So it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that, to a lot of people, a building doesn’t exist outside of a handful of photos they’ve seen online. But photography can capture a lot more than barely opened buildings or vibrant Instagram backgrounds. For every three point lighting set up there are fleeting moments of sunlight. A patina begins gathering as soon as a material is finished. For this reason, I’d like to think that photography can move us away from fixating on shiny new things and help us appreciate design that wants to move through time gracefully.