On Saturday, my photographer friend Ken (who blogs here) and I went downtown to do a little photography. Ken and I went to photograph together a few weeks ago for fun, but this time I wanted to take some photos for an architectural photography competition sponsored by AIA St. Louis. I asked Ken if he would like to join me and he jumped at the opportunity to come and try out some of his new equipment.
It was a beautiful day for a photo-outing and we spent most of our morning in the Yale Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art, two wonderful Modern buildings designed by architect Louis Kahn. I have always loved the Yale Art Gallery and British Art Center being across the street from each other in New Haven, as they were Kahn's first and last musuems respectively--the latter completed posthumously.Although we walked around town to some other sites, I ended up deciding to only submit photos from the two galleries. Each competition entry could include up to five separate images, which I have included below for your viewing pleasure. The competition postmark deadline was today, and I mailed my CD of images this morning.
So, what do you think? Are any of these winners!?
"Kahn's Window"
"Kahn's Doorway"
(Ken's version of this photo is here. Take notice of the "missing" fire extinguisher and alarm in my submission. Ahh, the miracle of Photoshop!)
"Kahn at Eleven"
"Kahn's Vertigo"
"Kahn Descending"
I think these are great, especially Kahn's Vertigo and Kahn Descending, but you already knew that. I love the tonal range in the black and whites. I spent some time last night looking at the winning photographs from the last two years and I think you've got a pretty good shot at winning it. You definitely have some strong entries, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what'd you think of number 20 in my series of photographs. I know that was totally your vision, so I'm gonna note that right now.