Revisiting new old places
Keisermühle in the summer
Here I was, back in the boiling hell of Keisermühlen in the heat of the summer. This hot metal burns your throat even in the shadow and it will dry you out suffocating you between the sheets.
If you see person alive here it means you are a lucky one. I waited a lot until some of them showed up. It's like fishing inside a vulcano.
Photo taken with the Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f4 - ISO 500, 1/320
The Modern Architecture…
It’s ironic that as an architect I came long way to realize the faults of the modern architecture from the perspective of a photographer.
If I'm trying to create a composition here, I'm doing a huge favour to the so-caled "artists" architects who imagined this insult to the entire society.
The problem with this meaningless and nonsensical creation, is that it will expire in the same time with its creators, as everything nowaday lasts just one generation. These abominations will be perceived the same way as the brutalism of the 20th century, a nail in the the heart of our souls.
This place will be lost in history, it doesn't matter when it was build and no one cares. It doesn’t represent a cultural value, it’s just a footprint of a consumerist society.
Photo taken with the Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f4 - ISO 1250, 1/200, f8
Guidelines for Composition
In general I wanted to find subjects that were isolated, which in this case was not hard and place them central, in order to emphasise the massivity of the space, creating the impression that they are lost.
The scenes look almost like they are taken out of a post-apocalyptic movie.
The shadows and the lines created by the structures are massive and they give the feeling of weight.
There must always be a balance and if the balance is broken, it must lead your eyes towards something that must be discovered.
I also like the idea of depth and mystery. The photo must not tell the whole story, the rest of it remaining a task for your imagination to complete.
Photo taken with the Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f4 - ISO 500, 1/10, f4 - I was testing the IBIS on this one, that’s why I shot on 1/10.
