Architecture: Cityscapes (PROFESSIONAL) - HONORABLE MENTION
Sao Paulo
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I’ve been fascinated by Sao Paulo ever since I saw a picture as a child; I was instantly intimidated but equally fascinated by it’s size & anonymity. To me Sao Paulo is a patchwork quilt of colour and shapes: Because we as humans love patterns- we react to shapes and colour- I wanted to shoot a project incorporating these elements that finds order and an identity in this chaotic city. I wanted to show how the buildings sit against one another, using abstract shapes to show how you can find beauty in anything if you just look.
I was ultimately fascinated by the sense of scale and how I could convey a city of this size. Not only have I focused on the tallest buildings I have also focused on the smallest details; People walking along a rooftop, a swimming pool, a hidden neo gothic Cathedral… Each scenario engulfed by Sao Paulo’s skyline illustrating the scale, juxtaposition and concentration of this city’s buildings. By incorporating these elements I could tell a story, giving the pictures meaning and a context. This project is as much an architectural study as a record of every day life in Sao Paulo.
A fan of the Brutalist aesthetic, I see beauty in obscure places: In the desert- where the landscape is so empty, electricity pylons traverse the landscape like monuments to the technological age. A concrete football stadium I found in Rwanda, so basic it employs colour- a lick of paint- to soften its hard functionality. Most recently I discovered Sao Paulo. A megacity concrete jungle but with a wealth of architectural and abstract gems nesting amongst the chaos.
I'm fascinated by back-stories- how people and how things come to be: The Phantom project exemplifies a lifecycle with the rise & fall of technology. When does the future become the past?
Studied at Norwich School of Art & Design.
I was an assistant for over 4 1/2 years working with commercial photographers including; Corrine Day & Terry O'Neil as well as other contemporaries in the Noughties. Prior to that, my first photographic assignment was cruising Alaska's Inside Passage as a photographer.
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I’ve been fascinated by Sao Paulo ever since I saw a picture as a child; I was instantly intimidated but equally fascinated by it’s size & anonymity. To me Sao Paulo is a patchwork quilt of colour and shapes: Because we as humans love patterns- we react to shapes and colour- I wanted to shoot a project incorporating these elements that finds order and an identity in this chaotic city. I wanted to show how the buildings sit against one another, using abstract shapes to show how you can find beauty in anything if you just look.
I was ultimately fascinated by the sense of scale and how I could convey a city of this size. Not only have I focused on the tallest buildings I have also focused on the smallest details; People walking along a rooftop, a swimming pool, a hidden neo gothic Cathedral… Each scenario engulfed by Sao Paulo’s skyline illustrating the scale, juxtaposition and concentration of this city’s buildings. By incorporating these elements I could tell a story, giving the pictures meaning and a context. This project is as much an architectural study as a record of every day life in Sao Paulo.
About author:
I place structure and simplicity at the forefront of what I do. My portraits are about engagement, interaction and the inner self. Visually, I like to place my sitters within structures: With an uncluttered approach they often become structure-like themselves. The human element is always there through subtle nuances caught on camera.A fan of the Brutalist aesthetic, I see beauty in obscure places: In the desert- where the landscape is so empty, electricity pylons traverse the landscape like monuments to the technological age. A concrete football stadium I found in Rwanda, so basic it employs colour- a lick of paint- to soften its hard functionality. Most recently I discovered Sao Paulo. A megacity concrete jungle but with a wealth of architectural and abstract gems nesting amongst the chaos.
I'm fascinated by back-stories- how people and how things come to be: The Phantom project exemplifies a lifecycle with the rise & fall of technology. When does the future become the past?
Studied at Norwich School of Art & Design.
I was an assistant for over 4 1/2 years working with commercial photographers including; Corrine Day & Terry O'Neil as well as other contemporaries in the Noughties. Prior to that, my first photographic assignment was cruising Alaska's Inside Passage as a photographer.
BACK TO GALLERY
