I recently took off on holiday to The States and left my camera gear at home cooling down after a blazing few months around New Zealand and offshore. My eyes and trigger finger couldn’t help themselves though, with the abundance of superb light, iconic architecture, art, spaces, compositions the iPhone camera was heading for data overload. So many classic moments from dinosaurs to the Dia that needed to be captured. Here’s a few of my favourites.

New Whitney Museum

New Whitney Museum, Meat packing district, NYC by Architect: Renzo Piano

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Raking late afternoon light across Radio City Music Hall, NYC by Architect: Edward Durell Stone (1932)

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Interior space at Noguchi Museum, Queens, NYC

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Tree line lines at the pointy end of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park,
Manhattan, NYC by Architect: Louis Kahn

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United Nations Headquarters photographed from Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, NYC by Architect: Le Corbusier

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Monumental steel with Richard Serra at Dia Beacon, New York

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The Mermaid I met first in 1995 at the Americas Cup in San Diego
(during my first professional assignment) by Roy Lichtenstein at Storm King, New York

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Muted top light falls gently onto the courtyard at the Frick Museum, NYC

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Boats, People, Lake, Summer, Central Park West, NYC

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Dem Bones, Natural History Museum, Central Park West, NYC

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Slice of light runs up the Flat Iron Building, NYC by Architects: D.H. Burnham & Co. (1902)

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Ground Floor Elevation at the Donald Judd, Spring Street Building, NYC

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Getty Centre with waterless water feature due to current Californian drought,
Los Angeles, California by Architect: Frank Gehry

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‘Jesus Saves’ or ‘Susej Sevas’ depending on your world view.
Shot from the comfort of the rooftop bar at the Ace Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles, California

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Blue sky meets garden green reflecting in the Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Downtown Los Angeles, California by Architect: Frank Gehry

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Last of the evening summer sun, Griffith Observatory,
Los Angeles, California by Architects: John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley (1932)

Congratulations to the winner and six finalists in the 2015 Home of the Year Award, announced in April. Amongst those in the running for the award were some stunners I’ve photographed: The Rammed Earth House by Justin and Louise Wright of Assembly Architects and the Titirangi Red House by Ken Crosson of Crosson, Clarke, Carnachan Architects.

See the finalists here »

Titrangi Red House

I’m heading over to Papua New Guinea soon to photograph the 2015 Pacific Games Village by New Zealand architects Warren & Mahoney, and the Taurama National Aquatic and Indoor Sports Centre by Peddle Thorp. Stand by for some great shots.

 

Awarded annually in recognition of the best student photograph in Architecture, The Simon Devitt Prize for Photography is now in it’s eighth year. This year’s theme is the ‘Final Frontier’. The finalists have been selected and will be exhibited as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography Fringe Programme.

Opening
5:00pm
Tuesday 26 May

Exhibition
27 May – 6 June from Wed – Sat
11am – 4pm

Elam Projectspace Gallery
Ground Floor Main Fine Arts Building
20 Whitaker Place

Auckland Festival of Photography details »

See last year’s winner »

Photo credit: Winner 2014, Alice O’Brien-Gortner, Extinguished