Un photographe amateur vous décrit ce qui se passe dans sa tête lorsqu’il regarde tout simplement…. un bâtiment.
When you take pictures of buildings, the first thing you should do is open your eyes. All the details, the blocks, the circles... anything really, and think about how you want something in three dimensions to look like in, guess what, two dimensions. It can be tricky sometimes, but we all know how to do it, how to open ourselves to the world surrounding us. Try remembering what your body did, unconsciously, when you saw that building at first. Did you tilt your head back? Did you frown because the light was too aggressive? Did you get closer to it because you wanted to see the details? Or did you walk away a few steps, to see this mass of stone, glass, and iron because it felt like it: a massive shadow, that could crush you at any time.
Je vois les bâtiments comme des personnages. Des personnages qui nous regardent de là -haut et qui ne se soucient pas une seconde de ce qui passe sous leurs yeux. On peut les présenter comme on le veut, mais je préfère les photographier comme je les ressens. J’essaye de retrouver le point de vue d’origine et de me rapprocher pour voir ce qui m’avait intrigué, ou de m’éloigner pour voir comment le bâtiment se tient parmi les autres tout aussi grands, ou parfois, avec le ciel en arrière-plan.
Therefore Paris, is a real playground for urban architectural photography. The old contrasts with the new. The looks of modern buildings leave gaps in the old beige ones, made of old Lutetian limestones, following the same, repeating, old, geometrical patterns.
