ABSTRACT
Photography is a visual construction, just like any other form of representation that is used in landscape architecture. This essay introduces the relationship between landscape architecture and photography. Landscape architecture is essentially dependent on photography for everyday practice Yet, fundamentally the understanding of how photography works is still underdeveloped. These essays take steps forward to clarify and elucidate how photography works in landscape architecture. Through there have been several instances within the literature about the examination of specific photographic practices, there has been little critical discussion of the everyday use of photography in landscape architecture. This essay acts as an introduction to examining these every day process and how they determine how we understand, value and design for landscapes. The goal is to unpack how photography works to gain a more critical and rigorous understanding of its influence within the discipline.
