ABSTRACT
From the very earliest days of its invention, the photographic medium has had a particular resonance with architectural subject matter. In the pioneering days of photography the relationship was to some extent born of necessity, buildings being one of the few subjects that would withstand long exposures, but the anity goes much deeper, photography seemingly having a unique ability to explore and represent architectural space and form, and even to express fundamental architectural ideas and concepts. It is the nature of this relationship, to some extent reciprocal, but with far more profound implications upon the practice and conception of architecture, that is explored in this volume. Alongside the kind of photography used in mainstream architectural publishing, a richly diverse range of creative photographic engagements with architectural subject matter is to be found, including artists’ work, the increasingly prominent role of architecture in advertising and lifestyle photography, and architects’ own experiments with alternative forms of representation and roles of photography in the design process. Photography is also fundamental in shaping our understanding of the modern city and in urban design practices.
