honorable mention
Axel Breutigam canada
title
Exploring Urban Form - in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Due to recent statistics Vancouver, BC has about 650 buildings that equal or exceed 35 m (115 ft) and about 50 buildings with an hight of 100 m (328 ft) or more.
Looking at all the construction going on in Vancouver it feels like this number is growing by the month and an exact number is difficult to verify.
It's a photographer's paradise for someone like me who loves man-made structures like buildings, bridges and all sorts of details of these structures.
Exploring a building from all possible angles of view and finding the parts of the structure which lead to another layer of abstraction is what I am seeking visually. To do so it is often necessary to give space and put things into a reductive perspective.
When successful, an almost mechanical energy comes to light and the images get a ‘sculptural’ feeling. Isolating reality this way through the lens eliminates distraction and empowers viewers to reflect upon their surroundings, and enables them to appreciate the often overlooked beauty found in urban environments simply through artistic presentation.
Axel Breutigam
Breutigam has Gallery Representation in Calgary, AB as well as in Portland, OR and in Palm Springs, CA.
Breutigam's work focuses mostly on architecture and landscape with some excursions to Street Photography once in a while.
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entry description
The photographs of my submission 2023 are part of my ongoing project “EXPLORING URBAN FORMS”, which I started in 2013; this time focusing on my hometown Vancouver, BC, Canada.Due to recent statistics Vancouver, BC has about 650 buildings that equal or exceed 35 m (115 ft) and about 50 buildings with an hight of 100 m (328 ft) or more.
Looking at all the construction going on in Vancouver it feels like this number is growing by the month and an exact number is difficult to verify.
It's a photographer's paradise for someone like me who loves man-made structures like buildings, bridges and all sorts of details of these structures.
Exploring a building from all possible angles of view and finding the parts of the structure which lead to another layer of abstraction is what I am seeking visually. To do so it is often necessary to give space and put things into a reductive perspective.
When successful, an almost mechanical energy comes to light and the images get a ‘sculptural’ feeling. Isolating reality this way through the lens eliminates distraction and empowers viewers to reflect upon their surroundings, and enables them to appreciate the often overlooked beauty found in urban environments simply through artistic presentation.
Axel Breutigam
about the photographer
Axel Breutigam is a German born Canadian Fine Art Photographer from Vancouver, BC.Breutigam has Gallery Representation in Calgary, AB as well as in Portland, OR and in Palm Springs, CA.
Breutigam's work focuses mostly on architecture and landscape with some excursions to Street Photography once in a while.
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