Chapter 1What is Architectural Photography?
Architectural photographs are illustrations of buildings and interiors. Like all images they carry the agenda, style, and voice of their creators.
1.1 Who Needs Architectural Images and Why?
Unless you live in the same neighborhood as a building you are most likely to experience it only through images. Photographs bring architecture to an audience—they are used to educate, inform, inspire, preserve, and sell the work of the designers and architects. The photographer as author of these images is a crucial participant in the design process.
First and foremost architects and interior designers need images. The architect’s legacy and continued success depends on a portfolio of exceptional images which illustrate ...
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