http://www.danielhewitt.com Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:40:54 +0000 http://www.danielhewitt.com en http://danielhewitt.com/Frank-s-Cafe-2011 http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Frank-s-Cafe-2011 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:40:54 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2863681 <img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2863681/Franks Cafe 110731-10_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2863681/Franks Cafe 110731-10_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2863681/Franks Cafe 110731-11_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload28.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2863681/Franks Cafe 110731-11_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://danielhewitt.com/Geometry-Geology http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Geometry-Geology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:39:35 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2651407 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Barbican-1_900.jpg" border="0" width="763" height="600" width_o="763" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Barbican-1_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Barbican Estate, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Cow Rock-01-web_900.jpg" border="0" width="761" height="600" width_o="761" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Cow Rock-01-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Cow Rock, Yorkshire"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/National Theatre-1.jpg" border="0" width="470" height="600" width_o="470" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/National Theatre-1_o.jpg" align="left" caption="National Theatre, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra-Ainsworth-1-web_11_900.jpg" border="0" width="761" height="600" width_o="761" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra-Ainsworth-1-web_11_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Alexandra &amp; Ainsworth Estate, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Gordale-Scar-1_900.jpg" border="0" width="760" height="600" width_o="760" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Gordale-Scar-1_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Gordale Scar, Yorkshire"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Robin-Hood-Gardens-1-web.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Robin-Hood-Gardens-1-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Robin Hood Gardens, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Hayward-1-web.jpg" border="0" width="473" height="600" width_o="473" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Hayward-1-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Hayward Gallery, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Brimham 111222-02-web.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Brimham 111222-02-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra Ainsworth-2-web.jpg" border="0" width="473" height="600" width_o="473" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra Ainsworth-2-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Alexandra &amp; Ainsworth Estate, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Cauldron-snout-1-web_900.jpg" border="0" width="764" height="600" width_o="764" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Cauldron-snout-1-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Cauldron Snout, Teesdale"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Trellick-Tower-2.jpg" border="0" width="473" height="600" width_o="473" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Trellick-Tower-2_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Trellick Tower, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Armscliff-01-web.jpg" border="0" width="474" height="600" width_o="474" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Armscliff-01-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Armscliff Crag, Yorkshire"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Kennington-Park-1_900.jpg" border="0" width="753" height="600" width_o="753" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Kennington-Park-1_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Kennington Park, London"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra-Ainsworth-4_900.jpg" border="0" width="762" height="600" width_o="762" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651407/Alexandra-Ainsworth-4_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Alexandra &amp; Ainsworth Estate, London"/> Geometry + Geology is an exploration of the formal and expressive relationships between some* Brutalist architecture and glaciated rock formations. The particular similarities I want to depict are the sense of sublime scale and monolithic bleakness. The rough, weather-stained face of the shuttered concrete resembles the irregularities found in the erosion-scarred terrain of mountain rock. The darkness of the material in wet and grey weather matches that of the frequently dour conditions of the mountains. The shadowy nooks and crevices inspire trepidation and invite exploration. In The Seven Lamps of Architecture, Ruskin writes of the significance of ‘power’ (or the sublime) in architecture, citing the epic, uninterrupted wall, the ‘precipice’, as the archetypal expression of abstract power. The effect of severe, unyielding nobility also carries with it a sense of melancholy in its solitude. The Brutalist buildings photographed exemplify this awful majesty: solitary, stark, with intersecting planes conveying a sense of geological force and weight. The geometric compositions add to a sense of abstraction. There are no obvious symbolic forms introduced by the architects. The geometry is strong, but irregular: for example, the buildings, considered as wholes, do not have lines of symmetry; again, suggesting a comparison with mountain ranges whose forms are stark, but irregular. * I say ‘some’ because the term ‘Brutalist’ covers a broad range of architectural forms and materials, not all of which connect with the theme in my work. http://danielhewitt.com/Contact http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Contact Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:30:22 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2670446 +44 78 9007 5590 dan@danielhewitt.com http://danielhewitt.com/Architecture http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Architecture Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:40:45 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2654385 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Selfridges-2.jpg" border="0" width="451" height="600" width_o="451" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Selfridges-2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Westminster Academy 100103-04.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Westminster Academy 100103-04_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/London Met-1.jpg" border="0" width="455" height="600" width_o="455" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/London Met-1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Serpentine Pavilion 090729-02-web.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Serpentine Pavilion 090729-02-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/65 Overhill Road 100719-011-web.jpg" border="0" width="561" height="600" width_o="561" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/65 Overhill Road 100719-011-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Nordpark Cable Railway 090702-02.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Nordpark Cable Railway 090702-02_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/London Eye 090902-01.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/London Eye 090902-01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Laban Centre 100108-01_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Laban Centre 100108-01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Dirty House 091005-011-web_18.jpg" border="0" width="635" height="600" width_o="635" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Dirty House 091005-011-web_18_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/LMU 091103-02-web.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/LMU 091103-02-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Selfridges 110522-03-web.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Selfridges 110522-03-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Bergisel 090702-01-web.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Bergisel 090702-01-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Laban Centre 100108-02.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Laban Centre 100108-02_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Serpentine Pavilion 2010 100909-01_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Serpentine Pavilion 2010 100909-01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Water Cube 080329-02_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/Water Cube 080329-02_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/19_900.jpg" border="0" width="782" height="520" width_o="782" height_o="520" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2654385/19_o.jpg" align="left" /> There's a view expressed by the eminent Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, which I take to be a fairly standard ideal in documentary architectural photography: namely, "to make a building understandable to someone who has not been to visit it." In the example Wall discusses – his photograph of the Dominus Winery in California, by Herzog & de Meuron – he sought to convey the relationship of the building's form, materials and colour to those of the land and the highly structured layout of the vineyard. (See An interview with Jeff Wall by Philip Ursprung in Herzog & de Meuron: Natural History Lars Müller, 2005) Sometimes I may aim at such an outcome in my photography. However, in this series my interest is in seeing a character – an emotional mood, feeling, or posture – in the building, possibly one which may not be readily apparent to those who visit it. The specific character in question is unique to the photograph: some buildings conveying a markedly different mood or posture when seen from different angles and in different lighting conditions. Such character that interests me ranges from the sublime to the spiky, from the serene to the erotic. http://danielhewitt.com/Tate-Modern http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Tate-Modern Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:51:41 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2653514 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 101222-55_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 101222-55_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110120-45_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110120-45_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110413-29_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110413-29_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110527-36_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110527-36_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110809-45_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110809-45_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110809-46_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110809-46_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110830-95_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110830-95_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110914-75_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110914-75_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110928-60_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110928-60_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110928-61_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 110928-61_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111025-61_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111025-61_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111025-62_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111025-62_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111109-63_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111109-63_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111122-44_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111122-44_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111122-45_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111122-45_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-41_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-41_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-42_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-42_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-43_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-43_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-44_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 111209-44_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-40_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-40_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-41_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-41_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-42_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee Tate Modern 120117-42_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-01 1_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-01 1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-02 1_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-02 1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-03 1_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653514/McGee TME 120203-03 1_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://danielhewitt.com/Walbrook-Square http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Walbrook-Square Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:15:24 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2653093 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110127-30_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110127-30_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110208-37_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110208-37_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-45_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-45_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110208-38_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110208-38_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-43_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-43_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-44_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110308-44_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110322-37_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110322-37_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110513-25_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110513-25_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110527-20_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110527-20_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110610-34_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110610-34_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110628-25_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110628-25_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110908-43_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 110908-43_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 111101-34_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 111101-34_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 111130-33_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 111130-33_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 120113-23_900.jpg" border="0" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653093/McGee Walbrook 120113-23_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://danielhewitt.com/Island-of-Grain http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Island-of-Grain Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:08:35 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2653083 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653083/Island of Grain-1-web_900.jpg" border="0" width="767" height="600" width_o="767" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2653083/Island of Grain-1-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://danielhewitt.com/SHARD http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/SHARD Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:22:38 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2651364 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-23_900.jpg" border="0" width="759" height="600" width_o="759" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-23_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-16.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-16_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-18_900.jpg" border="0" width="760" height="600" width_o="760" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-18_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-3.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-4.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-4_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-20_900.jpg" border="0" width="758" height="600" width_o="758" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-20_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-22.jpg" border="0" width="487" height="600" width_o="487" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-22_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-27-web.jpg" border="0" width="474" height="600" width_o="474" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-27-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-26-web.jpg" border="0" width="475" height="600" width_o="475" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-26-web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-13.jpg" border="0" width="471" height="600" width_o="471" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-13_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-24.jpg" border="0" width="474" height="600" width_o="474" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-24_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-1.jpg" border="0" width="471" height="600" width_o="471" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-19_900.jpg" border="0" width="758" height="600" width_o="758" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-19_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-2_900.jpg" border="0" width="762" height="600" width_o="762" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-15_900.jpg" border="0" width="760" height="600" width_o="760" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-15_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-7_900.jpg" border="0" width="761" height="600" width_o="761" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-7_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-8_900.jpg" border="0" width="760" height="600" width_o="760" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-8_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-17_900.jpg" border="0" width="760" height="600" width_o="760" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-17_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-25_900.jpg" border="0" width="761" height="600" width_o="761" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-25_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-21.jpg" border="0" width="487" height="600" width_o="487" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651364/SHARD-21_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://danielhewitt.com/Infrastructure http://danielhewitt.com/following/danielhewitt.com/Infrastructure Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:13:36 +0000 Daniel Hewitt Architectural Photography & Writing 2651319 <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651319/Pylon 120110-02-web.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651319/Pylon 120110-02-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Pylon"/> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651319/Westway-1-web_900.jpg" border="0" width="763" height="600" width_o="763" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/5/187074/2651319/Westway-1-web_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Highway"/> The conventional view is that infrastructure installations (highways, railways, energy conduits, sewerage, etc) are purely utilitarian structures. We are led to assume that no thought went into creating a particular aesthetic character for them; if one was created, it was by accident, inherent in the nature of pragmatic materials and forms. Perhaps when they were first built, items of massive infrastructure (pylons, flyovers, etc.) may have seemed sublime to much of the general population. Pristine piers and slabs of concrete would have glowed in the sun – even in Britain. As it has aged, stained by water and discoloured by oxidation, the glow has turned to a glower. Any novelty in immense scale has long since worn off, presenting instead an air of menace – particularly given its proximity to the humbler-scale abodes of everyday urban life. This sense of menace is of course only partly a visual one – one that is accentuated by the intensity of local pollution (whether air, noise, light, or electromagnetism) generated by its use. Yet despite this poor public image, I find tremendous aesthetic possibility in such places. The aesthetic character I find in the flyovers, for example, is one of bold, forceful geometry. In terms of resemblances, the interpenetrating road decks suggest a kind of geological coitus, or a choreographed writhing of some giant igneous reptile. Alternatively, their underbellies create dank, shadowy caverns, a quasi-subterranean world beneath the beast stalking above. The effect is an expression of the sublime, an awe inspired by the immensity, hardness of surface, velocity-laden lines, and dramatic shadow play, an underlying unease (if not terror) that this thing is unconcerned for the vulnerability of our fragile bodies. I am not attempting to re-brand flyovers as aesthetic gems, claiming that we have failed to appreciate their true character. Nor am I suggesting that, as an urban feature, they are either entirely benign or even generally attractive in situ. Instead, I see myself as discovering (or perhaps merely depicting) an aspect of the urban motorway which is typically not seen by the vast number of people who live near or pass by. In this respect I regard my work as akin to the many enterprises which have sprung up under the Westway, a 6-lane flyover in west London. I presume that the flyover was designed solely to mitigate noise created by the road traffic and to allow cross-traffic (plus railways and a canal) to pass underneath. By contrast, the land use beneath this lunging (and occasionally soaring) behemoth has developed piecemeal, as an array of businesses have adapted to what is fashionably called ‘interstitial’ space, but could perhaps more accurately be thought of as ‘waste-space’ with no obvious use. These businesses include art and music studios, clothes shops and cafes, football pitches, skate parks, a sports centre with tennis courts and climbing walls, a riding school, scrap merchants, car mechanics, and an ambulance station. In some cases, they occupy the space in much the same way as railway arches have come to be utilised: self-enclosed, seamlessly abutting the underside of the road deck. In most, however, they crouch or duck beneath the slinging motorway. It is this spirit of adaptation to the wilds of urban landscape that I partake in when photographing.