Architecture

Natalie Chami
Jul 30, 2017 · 4 min read
Figure 1: Inspirational Image / Wynyard Station

The photographer that inspired me and chose to use his techniques to apply them on my photographs, is Ezra Stoller.

The photographs of Ezra were taken for the audience to see the architecture in 2D medium. The elements that Stoller has used in his images were; form, line, texture and colour. The main techniques that he used were shadows and lighting. Ezra Stoller mainly focused and photographed high modernism of architecture.

Figure 2: Inspirational Image / One of the three International Towers in Barangaroo

In my photographs, I applied the main techniques and elements that Stoller has used.

Figure 3: Inspirational image / UTS Science Building
Firgure 4: Inspirational Image / UTS Science Building
Figure 5: Inspirational Image
Figure 6: Martin Place ANZ Bank

My inspirational image that I chose from Ezra Stoller’s photographs was the Manufacturers Trust Company in New York City. I chose this image because I found creativity how he created a photograph from lighting and shadows. It also reminded me of the city in Sydney, because this modern building is similar to the buildings there. So I took a photograph similar to Stoller’s image, in the City in Sydney, which is is Figure 4, at Martin Place in front of ANZ Bank.

This image was taken at night, at 8:00pm. The elements of this image are form, texture, lighting and shadows.

The form in this image is the shape of the building which are rectangular horizontally and vertically. This shows the audience the modern design’s shape of architecture in the city today. Compared to when Ezra photographed the company, the modernism of architecture is still similar, but in the old days, the building shows that it’s one plain shape, where today it’s mixed and there is more design.

Texture is the floor. This shows the audience that there is detail in the photography, which makes the audience feel like they are inside the image, standing and observing the building in the image. I used this angle and technique very similar to Stoller’s image. In his photograph, he makes the audience feel like they are inside his photograph when he included the car in his image, which is very close to his camera.

Lighting is one of the main techniques that I focused on in my image as well. The lighting that I used is the long lighting on the building which is vertically and the ground lighting in the building horizontally. I focused on these lightings to show that in the city, there are modern buildings that has light overnight in a creative way, not just all of it lightened. This building shows that there is a change in lighting in today’s city compared to when Stoller photographed his image. Even though not all of it is lightened, it still shows some shadows on the floor. The other lighting that I focused on is the street lights. They also show some shadow at night because these street lights are brighter than when Stoller photographed his picture. In Ezra’s photograph, the light is brighter from the building more than the street lights, which shows the audience that he was focused more on the building’s lights, to convey forms and shadows.

Shadows show in this image from the people standing, street lights and the building. This shows the audience that I focused on light and dark to create a reflection in the photograph. In stoller’s image, it was created from the light and dark as well, but he also included the water on the floor, therefore shows it was raining when he photographed this image.

In conclusion, these two photographs were taken similar times, angles and used with similar elements.

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