By Michael-Leonard Creditor / flexible fotography
While it is true, as the architectural maxim states, that form follows function, design leads the way. And design needs no justification; design simply IS. Just look at the designs of Nature if you don’t believe me.
I look at architecture as design. When I look at an entire structure, I see the pure lines, angles, and curves of it as well as the overall building that it is. I examine smaller sections of a structure for pure design. The art of architecture is that I may see shapes in the buildings that aren’t really there in the buildings. Often, the interplay of light, another pure design element, creates design that isn’t really there. I guess it’s what used to be called art abstracts. It’s simply seeing the designs that aren’t there in the buildings.
Actually, I see design in everything; while I photograph with light, what I photograph is often designs. Not only in architecture, but really in everything. On one level, my job as a photographer is simply to show the designs.
That’s the goal, anyway. Here are some examples of when I think I made the goal. Let’s begin with light.
Do I have more faves than these? Oh, you betcha! These are only some of them that are architectural. Most of the design examples are in pairs or trios.
All photos © michael-leonard creditor / full-size images @ flexible fotography
I’d like to finish with a few of my “Numbers & Letters” series. In the same vein as all the others, these are images where a letter of the alphabet is not the intended design, but the design I see. Sometimes, it is simply a factor of the angle of the light or my vantage point, but in all these there is no doubt that the design of the letter is there.
BTW, I still have no images for letters G, N, and R-S-T-U.
All photos © michael-leonard creditor / full-size images @ flexible fotography