The challenge of communicating the goals and vision of the architect or designer to the mass audience, is the task of the architectural photographer. It is a skill which demands an intricate understan
Balthazar Korab's recent passing at the age of eighty-six was met by a deep appreciation for his work and a tremendous outpouring of affection for his gentle spirit. As one of the most prolific and ce
Through all-new, full-color photography, Stanford White, Architect is the first book to explicitly feature the work of the principal genius of the illustrious American architecture firm of McKim, Mead
Professional architect and photographer, Can Dagarslani, challenges his audience with his very specific view of the world. His work is a fusion of modern architecture and retro-style photography with
From elegant nudes to celebrity portraiture: the incredible breadth of the famed Vogue photographerThis new monograph invites readers into Horst P. Horst's (1906-1999) world of elegance, luxury and fantasy. Including the photographer's elegant nudes, fashion photography, celebrity portraits and still-life studies, this luxurious volume reveals the extraordinary breadth of Horst's work in both color and black and white.Before he adopted the name by which he is known, Horst Paul Albert Borhmann studied carpentry in his small German town, leaving in 1930 for Paris to study under architect Le Corbusier. He soon found himself in the orbit of Vogue photographer Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, for whom he worked as an assistant. Just one year later, Horst published his first photograph in French Vogue, a full-page advertisement for Klytia perfume.Horst would be associated with Vogue magazine for the next six decades, changing the face of fashion photography with his impeccably posed and lighted
A follow-up and companion to Vincent Van Duysen Works 1989–2009, this brand new overview presents Belgian architect Van Duysen’s most recent works over the course of the past decade. With photography
Beautifully presented with rich photography and detailed texts, this highly sought-after monograph showcases Goettsch Partners' incredible legacy of architectural works across five continents.
The star of the coffee table book is Vanden Brink's glorious photography. The commentary by architect Snider complements the pictures of twenty coastal homes from New Brunswick to the Caribbean, with
The complex appropriation of Piranesi by modern literature, photography, art, film, and architecture.The etchings of the Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–78) have long mesmerized viewers. But, as Victor Plahte Tschudi shows, artists and writers of the modern era found in these works―Piranesi’s visions of contradictory space, endless vistas, and self-perpetuating architecture―a formulation of the modern. In Piranesi and the Modern Age, Tschudi explores the complex appropriation and continual rediscoveries of Piranesi by modern literature, photography, art, film, and architecture. Tracing the ways that the modern age constructed itself and its origin through Piranesi across genres, he shows, for example, how Piranesi’s work formulates the ideas of “contrast” in photography, “abstraction” in painting and “montage” in cinema. Piranesi’s modern-day comeback, Tschudi argues, relied on new dimensions found within his work that inspired attempts t
