Sugimoto, Baan, and Mork: Best Architectural Photography Artists

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As a photographer, a person finds architectural and interior photography very fascinating. My favorite artists in this field are Hiroshi Sugimoto, Iwan Baan, and Adam Mork. All of them are architecture photographers, and their work is technically brilliant. Other similarities of their photography are that they are minimalistic and subtle. Sugimoto is my most favorite artist and considers photography as the medium for exploring permanence concealed behind the transient nature of all things, as he combines an Eastern way of thinking with Western cultural motifs. Mork is a Danish architectural photographer whose breathtaking viewpoints have transformed architectural photography. In addition, Baan, a Dutch photographer, has challenged the long-standing tradition of viewing buildings as static and isolated. Sugimoto, Baan, and Mork are the best architectural artists whose significant contributions to photography have influenced many people, which is why the paper focuses on them.
Mork graduated in 1997 as an architect at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Architecture. The photographer competed in photography at Weitling and Dissing for five years. Before this architectural photographer opened a studio, he had gained more experience. In 2002, Mork opened a studio in Copenhagen and worked as an international architectural photographer (Lumas). Mork has transformed architectural photography in various ways. For example, his shots focus on the center such that viewers cannot determine the camera position. One feels like floating or standing in the place, which creates a sense of orientation. Additionally, Mork captures the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines with a gentle twist. His shot portrays the building as a whole. As such, viewers indulge themselves in each image and follow their lines at will. New perspectives and viewpoints appear continually, and the number of distinctive angles is endless. One hardly knows that each shot is from a similar building. For instance, Mork has captured different shots of the stairwell of the Deloitte Headquarters in Copenhagen. The light installation changes into infinite variations. He has photographed the building from inside and outside, by night and day, from distinctive angles. As a result, the viewer feels like the photographer reinvented the scene via a dialogue with the light designer and the architect.
The fascinating thing about Mork is that he pays special attention to light sensitivity. In other words, the photographer emphasizes how light creates and sculptures the space in harmony with people and material. Mork is frequently consulted by global architects in China, Scandinavia, and Germany to portray their buildings. The following is Harbin Opera House that was designed by MAD architects in China, which Mork photographed.
Figure 1: Mork’s Photograph of China’s Harbin Opera House (Source: /100-most-inspiring-architecture-photographers/)
In figure 1, Mork photographed the building as if he took part in its construction. He observes the construction’s frame and how concrete and glass have been incorporated. In another work, Mork shows how staircases are positioned and the view of floors from different positions from the escalator. In other words, the photographer breaks a building into various elements and later reassemble them, which makes him like a magician (Lumas). Mork believes that a photographer can create a mood to guide viewers and a key to access the building. Specifically, he argues that many people see images first before the construction (Goodwin 24). That’s why architectural pictures should be outstanding to attract viewers who see the buildings as they explore images. Indeed, it is surprising that a photographer holds a crucial role in determining how buildings or constructions are experienced. Mork claims that a photographer chooses what the audience sees and can enhance a building, do away with its weaknesses, and add a layer to change the perception of the structure. However, photography cannot influence the architectural design, but it only reveals distinctive dimensions of a building based on the architect’s expertise. As a result, Mork makes viewers, architects, guests, and inhabitants discover new elements of a building that were previously not imagined or seen.
Baan used unexpected perspectives, such as the people's movement in reviving the static art of taking photos to structures. The artist grew up in Amsterdam and studied photography at The Hague's Royal Academy of Art. Baan was attracted to digital photography. Initially, the artist was not much interested in architectural photography. In the 1990s, Baan lived in New York has not graduated from the school of the Academy of Art (Bernstein). Baan's interest in architectural photography developed after he was working with Rem Koolhaas. Koolhaas was better known for his design inspiration from cities' cultural life, where he constructed buildings. After working for the architect, Baan developed his human-focused aesthetic. The booming construction sector in Beijing made Baan interested in documenting the changing and rising structures. Baan has been recognized for his ability to depict buildings in unusual and compelling ways. The artist has traveled to numerous places and has developed various photographic techniques. Some of the structures that Baan has photographed in distinctive perspectives are the Zaha Hadid's Museum, Rome, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, and Thom Mayne's Federal Building, San Francisco (Bernstein). Consequently, Baan is a renowned architectural artist.
Specifically, Baan captures buildings or constructions as independent creations that are detached from their surroundings. The structure of the Beijing ...