Abstract Portrait of Architecture by NAKI #11

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lines as well as planes and surfaces. All architecture has its own

unique feature, shape, style and appearance. Architecture tends to be

well decorated in the same way that people use make up and dress up

for their beauty. Most people, however, tend to neglect the aesthetic

aspect of the architecture, they are just considering the

architecture as a useful building, not artwork. This is the reason

why I have an interest in architecture, and I have chosen

architecture as my subject in the same way that portrait photographer

choose people. Every one of my photograph is touched by my unique

sensitivity to the building as a living object for human being. I

want to express my concept and my point of view about aesthetics

through these architectural photographs, and I want to re-create two

dimensional artwork from the architect's three dimensional artwork

with my simple, abstract and graphic way of view. Especially, I want

to express some contrasting subjects in my images. For example, the

contrast between old and new, geometric, graphic shape and

composition, and contrast in tonality. The reason why I chose black

and white photography is to express an extremely high contrast in

tonality of each piece of architecture. In two dimensional

photograph, I have tried to capture the powerfully dynamic shapes of

architecture and stylistic aspect as important details. These

buildings that I took in photographs are pretty familiar to people

who live in San Francisco, but the building in my photographs might

be unfamiliar to them. Even though I choose a wide variety types of

architectures, I have manipulated my camera to reveal that design

with my concept.> Please feel what I felt at those moment... Thank

you. #These images were exhibited at De Young Fine Art Museum of San

Francisco in 2000 as my solo exhibition 'Abstract Portrait Series'...