honorable mention
Philippe Sarfati netherlands
title
Territories
Inspired by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine’s films, I wanted to show buildings through the eyes of their users, to only present spaces as inhabited territories.
Acclaimed works of architecture become dramatic backdrops to everyday scenes, their radical geometries framing simple acts.
This series plays with the notion of contextual portraiture.
On one hand, architecture is used as a frame, focusing compositions onto a subject with bold volumes and strong lines.
On the other hand, people give meaning and scale to the spaces shown. Their attitude builds our perception of the building’s atmosphere.
We are shaped by our environment, and we shape it continuously and subconsciously, by the simple act of inhabiting it.
I have been working on this series for three years ; it contains, today, more than a hundred images taken in and around remarkable buildings around the world.
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entry description
The first impulse behind this experimental project was to inject street photography methodology - moslty, the reliance on serendipity and spontaneous behaviour - into architectural photography.Inspired by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine’s films, I wanted to show buildings through the eyes of their users, to only present spaces as inhabited territories.
Acclaimed works of architecture become dramatic backdrops to everyday scenes, their radical geometries framing simple acts.
This series plays with the notion of contextual portraiture.
On one hand, architecture is used as a frame, focusing compositions onto a subject with bold volumes and strong lines.
On the other hand, people give meaning and scale to the spaces shown. Their attitude builds our perception of the building’s atmosphere.
We are shaped by our environment, and we shape it continuously and subconsciously, by the simple act of inhabiting it.
I have been working on this series for three years ; it contains, today, more than a hundred images taken in and around remarkable buildings around the world.
about the photographer
Architect / Photographer, currently living in Rotterdam, Netherlands.back to gallery
