Our Arkitektural Frontiers.

 Design is not a new thing in human history. Because we are essentially big constructer remodelers that distinguishes us from other animal species, we have created a very graphic approach how to rearrange our surrounding world. Straight line, curves lines, parallel ones, perpendicular others, triangles, circles, pentagonal, octagonal, and other representations, etc. are part our search and experimentation to draw a world at our minded image. It could be seen as artificial construction opposed to the "natural" state of the untouched things and it is an evident human civilization signature.

Over the past, we have largely documented the incessant human effort to reconfigure its own eco-system on a macro or micro point of view and architectural photography has been a vast field of recorded observations. We have even imposed some rules to do those pictures although they apply more for scientific or factual comparison purposes over times and locations, and we won't argue of their intrinsic pertinences.

But there is another part of it that is more esthetic and that require a far more artistic approach in visual arts such as drawing, painting, or photographing. And that part is the one that involve a fresh creative view where impact and emotions take the first motivation for their authors. Moreover, a world of rapid changes, substitutions and finally... material obliterations, there is a necessity to document and to interpret all these ephemeral human construction manifestations as a time and culture testimony. Today most of this past presence is vanishing in profit of a kind of standardization of our living space where economics has become the primordial factor.

Every human material organization can be appreciated by its "architectural" approach even if it seems sometime odd, unreasonable or futile. Recording these elements as a whole or in details can be a real photographic challenge not only in regard of the technical aspect to produce a picture but also and more important in considering the artistic point of view of the subject. Contextual examples of architectural photography can be seen into these previous posts. This visual experience is starting right into our own familiar surrounding at home and to our regular daily activities. Observing, noticing, taking pictures on a regular base and in different hours and sharing the results are a very rewarding way to experiment architectural photography.

No limit should be imposed to practice architectural photography and every interpretation can add to the cultural knowledge about the human habitat. It is a very inspiring visual subject to explore with interest and enthusiasm.

© Photos Daniel M: Lumix GX7 / G 20mm F1.7; Lumix GM5 / G Vario 12-32mm OIS