Perspective

August 6, 2010 10:28 AM

Extracts of Local Distance combines fragments of existing architectural photography into multilayered shapes, so the resulting collages introduce a third abstract point of view alongside the original views of the architect and photographer. Joseph Egan is a student at Chelsea College of Art & Design, and he's been experimenting with anamorphic typography.
posted by mattdidthat (5 comments total)

Absolutely beautiful, reminds me of Felice Varini!
posted by Homeskillet Freshy Fresh at 10:41 AM on August 6, 2010

That's really neat. Some of the pictures remind me of Zaha Hadid's concept drawings, in the way there are all kinds of seemingly-disconnected planes and shapes bursting out of a neutral plane.
posted by ardgedee at 10:43 AM on August 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

What a cool technique, with beautiful results - I especially like the side-by-side comparison between Mies's and Libeskind's buildings. I only wish he had tried it on something built before the 20th century.
posted by theodolite at 11:09 AM on August 6, 2010

I wonder if they could kick up the 43d3d3 a bit?
posted by Casimir at 12:45 PM on August 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

Seriously, though, a cool auto-collage technique. As far as being a kind of generative architecture synthesizer, less so, as there's not really a way of expanding configurations back out into 3d and working with them.

Also, Daniel Libeskind needs to stop getting so much attention.
posted by Casimir at 12:54 PM on August 6, 2010