Void

***ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER | 2022 ARCHITECTURE AWARDS | LARSEN LIVERPOOL***

 

I took this photograph during a trip to New York, US, in August 2018.

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"This photograph was taken moments before my oblivious subject walked off the edge of this building and fell to her death. Or was she perhaps cautiously approaching the edge to examine the void that appeared in front of her eyes?

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Well, in fact, neither of these denouements happen to be true… Nor are they possible.

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Revealing that this photograph was taken in the ground floor lobby of the Seagram Building in New York, it is only at second glance that most would realise this supposed “void” is in fact an overexposed wall in the foreground of the composition.

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The protagonist – who was not harmed during the shooting – is about to enter a very different kind of void: one that would defy the laws of gravity and propel her dozens of meters above ground."

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Entered in:

• Architizer One Photo Challenge 2021

• Larsen Liverpool 2022 Architecture Awards

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Camera: Canon A-1
Lens: Canon FD 50mm f/1.8
Film: 35mm Ilford HP5+ ISO 400