Bibliograph

Light line, the architectural photographs of Hélène Binet, text by Juhani Pallasmaa

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Label

Light line, the architectural photographs of Hélène Binet, text by Juhani Pallasmaa

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Light line

Oclc number

315431

Responsibility statement

text by Juhani Pallasmaa

Sub title

the architectural photographs of Hélène Binet

Summary

Over the past 35 years the French-Swiss photographer Hélène Binet has travelled the world to photograph historic and contemporary buildings as well as projects in the making, creating some of the most exquisite architectural images of our time. She has worked closely with, among others, Zaha Hadid RA, Daniel Libeskind Hon RA and Peter Zumthor Hon RA, who have all turned to her to interpret their work. Using only analogue techniques, Binet's photographs are both a representation and a discovery of significant works of architecture that challenge the conventions of their time. In this selection of some 90 of her photographs - ranging from the Baroque London churches of Nicholas Hawksmoor and the Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur to projects by Le Corbusier, Gottfried Böhm and Sigurd Lewerentz as well as Hadid, Libeskind and Zumthor - Binet's work is revealed in all its subtlety and quiet sensitivity." -- back cover

Table Of Contents

President's foreword -- Alchemy of the photograph / Juhani Pallasmaa -- Hélène Binet in conversation with Vicky Richardson -- Catalogue plates -- Plate index -- The architects and their building / Rhiannon Hope -- Biography -- Selected publications

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