This is the first photo I am showing of my new architectural studies project. I started this project after seeing a book on architecture in Paris. Rather than photographing the large buildings and monuments of that great city, the photographer focused on small aspects of the native architecture. After going through the book, I felt sad that I could not go to Paris and do the same thing in my own style.
But then it got me thinking that I live in Tucson, and we have some wonderful architecture here…and I should focus my efforts on where I live, not where I want to be. So I started exploring and found many, many locations that fell right into place with what I wanted to achieve.
For most of the photos, I focused my eye on smaller parts of structures that show simple lines and form, rather than on a whole building. As I preached here before, one starts with the big picture and works down and down and down to the smallest parts, until finding what looks good in two dimensions.
This is a good example…the picture demonstrates those very lines and single point perspective. It is a walkway on the campus of UofA, taken early on a Sunday morning before the students were awake. I had to do that as it is a very busy thoroughfare during the day and evening hours.
About 90% of the photos you will see in this project are in black and white. In photos like these, color distracts the viewer from the main points of the photo and largely reduces any emotional impact. These are simple studies and I want viewers to focus on the simplicity and beauty of the objects you see. Black and white makes that possible.
I will show you more of these photos in the future, but not at the expense of some of my other interesting photos and traveler’s tales. I hope you like this first one.
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