Monday, October 19, 2015

Contemporary Issues in Photography!

Kendall McCaugherty

- went to the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois majoring in
photography during her time. !

- Hedrich Blessing Photographers in Chicago as a Photography Assistant. !

architectural photography firm founded in 1929, and had been the subject of 2
books and participated in numerous museum exhibitions!

- Where would architecture be without photography?!

- Burj Khalifa -- SOM Dubai, UAE!
interaction with a space
bird's eye view vs landscape view
- House of Tomorrow -- Keck + Keck Chicago, IL
using space
built during the great depression - survived in 86 years
- St. Frances de Sales Church
showing the shape of the building
- four brothers and their sons were photographers -- 24 photographers, only 2 female
photographers

- Assembly Hall, Hub Henry -- Champaign, IL

"failed architecture"
- Air Force Academy Cathedral -- SOM, Colorado
closed down
- Arcus, Studio Gang -- Kalamazoo, MI
human figures -- interaction "alive"
scale
without figures the building looks dead
small choices to make the perfect shot
digital stilluse camera
- Private Residence, Mick DeGuilio -- Bernalda, Italy
light and space
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Monday, October 19, 2015

moving the camera around to get a good picture

can take up to 2 hours or more
bathroom - digital retouching - removing any reflection
- think of photography before making it
- time of day and space affect the image
- assistants are like the second eye to the photographer
blocking/adding light
using black cloth then combining all pictures for 1 picture