Joseph Rosa,
chief curator at the US National Building Museum, once stated that photography
has become the lens through which we observe and analyze the evolution of
architecture. The positive aspect of this reality is that architects and the
public around the world can participate in this educational process, on the
other hand, the negative aspect is the trap of images dominating over it’s core
purpose: the actual experiencing of architecture. My work (along with the recent wave of superb amateur photographers using a fine art approach) is
trying to inspire and motivate people to not only view architecture as a two
dimensional image representation but to motivate them to experience it
comprehensively. Long
exposure photography and fine art post-processing makes people slow down,
observe buildings closer, do research and field survey, revisit locations under
different light and weather conditions, and by doing so enriches their
understanding and awareness of the built environment.