Beautiful Ugly: The Architectural Photography of John Gollings
- ISBN-10
- 0500500312
- ISBN-13
- 9780500500316
- Category
- Architectural photography
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Joe Rollo
Description
For more than 40 years John Gollings has been the photographer of choice _ the go-to guy for scores of architects. A Gollings photograph reveals a great deal about the aspirations, aims and beliefs, and the zeitgeist of a building and its architect_s intentions. This is based on and expressed through Gollings_s own knowledge of architecture; his understanding of light and weather; and the way buildings work and how they inhabit their sites. Beautiful Ugly takes a look _ in words, pictures and recollections _ at the art of Gollings_s photography as he has made his remarkable journey around Australia_s architectural landscape. The images, personally selected by Gollings for this book, open a door into the art of architectural photography as interpreted through the lens and eye of one of Australia_s greatest architectural photographers, a true maker of pictures. It takes a special kind of photographer to evoke the true character of a building and to convey the emotional intensity that is the soul of all good architecture. John Gollings is that special kind of photographer.
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