I appreciate your response. Thank you. BUT. Yes - she chose rectilinear and centered. She basically... I mean, look. Here's "Hidden Image #15, Berlin." Dig into it a little (which I did, because it's her least bad photograph) and you discover that it's the Czech Embassy, built under the DDR. So, on the one hand, not "hidden." Not at all. Literally the top hit when you type "brutalist architecture Berlin." But also, when you cruise Google, you get images like these: ...that's just the first page. This shit offends me as a photographer. It's not art, it's some dreary Instagram bitch with a rich uncle with a gallery. Literally every picture on this page is better and they're just the author's shots to illustrate the stuff he likes. And I've taken architectural photos - for money - but it would never occur to me to think they were "gallery worthy" and my shit is better than this.There is no denying though that the photographer chose deliberate angles to show the buildings and her photos have deliberate compositions.
I actually agree with you whole heartedly. That's why I made this statement . . . I don't know much about art, but I like it. I don't know much about photography, but I appreciate it. I wasn't defending her art as extremely well executed, but I was defending it as a deliberate attempt to illustrate the buildings which I think she did a good job. The composition of her photos is about on part with the composition of the buildings I drew in my drawing class in high school. Neither touch what I see in magazines like National Geographic. That said, I kind of like her simple composition because it let's the buildings speak for themselves. It's probably a bit of a double edged sword I guess, because on the one hand there's less to appreciate, but on the other hand, it gives you the chance to focus on just one thing and maybe appreciate it a little more. What do I know though? I go to art museums and I spend my time looking at dolls from Africa, rugs and furniture from Asia, and anything else like that that catches my attention. My time spent in the European art wing is often short and against my will. I'm Donny and I'm out of my element here.Whether it or not it's well executed could probably be an argument by itself.
Anybody can have an opinion about art, and anybody can disagree with that opinion. And yeah - she illustrated the buildings, but so does Google Streetview. Worthy of note - she presents every photo against a stormy gray sky. Is that somehow more honest than a blue sky? It's my opinion that the bar for architectural photography is drearily low, but these pictures don't even clear it.