Architectural Photography as a Construct

August 2, 2017 3:33 PM

These pictures by David Cardelus may be the finest architectural photographs I've ever seen, and they're beautifully presented. And, as an added bonus is a link to a specific piece of architecture, a facade by the Catalan architectect jeroni Granell, which has been preserved even though the house behind is totally rebuilt. 75 Padua St. Barcelona.
posted by MovableBookLady (8 comments total)

Lovely. Barcelona is a feast for the eyes when it comes to architecture. These photos have a bit too much color saturation in post for my tastes but the composition is terrific.
I am a fan of Julius Shulman as well.
posted by OHenryPacey at 3:54 PM on August 2, 2017 [2 favorites]

Yea I was just in Barcelona and found it absolutely stunning, so much beautiful architecture.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 8:54 PM on August 2, 2017

They're pretty, but they look like advertising photos (which they are, I suppose). For my money, Bernd and Hilla Becher still rule.
posted by bookbook at 2:08 AM on August 3, 2017

Hela! for the reach of MetaFilter—got a Facebook message this morning from the photographer David Cardelus, thanking me for the hundreds of visitors to his site.
posted by MovableBookLady at 10:55 AM on August 3, 2017

I think Shulman and the Bechers are all excellent but I, as you maybe could tell from some of my other posts, am seduced by saturated color and a strong sense of place, especially the Mediterranean area.
posted by MovableBookLady at 11:01 AM on August 3, 2017

Barcelona was by far my favorite city in Europe. Rome was awesome and felt like an archaeological dig site in the middle of a city. Paris was beautiful but felt more like a museum to me than a real city.

But Barcelona...Exciting and daring architecture just there, hanging out in the middle of a working, living city. These photographs are wonderful and bring back memories of me wandering around the city just gawping at the buildings.
posted by bluejayway at 11:17 AM on August 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

Not sure what the word "construct" is doing in this post… No surprise that anything building-related is constructed!
posted by John Cohen at 9:35 PM on August 3, 2017

"Construct" is used by the photographer trying to explain his philosophy. He says one "constructs" a photograph, (maybe like one constructs a building?). That's as far as I'm prepared to go.
posted by MovableBookLady at 6:23 PM on August 4, 2017