Neo-Precisionism
Precisionism was an early twentieth-century art movement in the United States inspired by the industrialization of the American landscape. It depicted the dynamism of the machine age with a balance of abstraction and accuracy. The art style’s fixation with stripping its subject matter down to its geometric essence was influenced by the European fine art forms of cubism and futurism, although it approached the dynamism of the industrial scene in the US with a more holistic attitude and greater emphasis on precision. Photography, being a direct representation of the scene before the camera, was particularly well suited to portraying this exactitude.
Now, for artists working in the digital age where images can be ‘pixel-perfect’, the time is ripe for a new Precisionism, for Neo-Presicionism. Precision is an inherent quality of digital capture, enabling the recording of a level of detail and a range of light unattainable with film. And digital processing affords a level of control over the presentation of the image as never before.
I consider my work to be Neo-Precisionist. This work makes no attempt at social commentary or to make any statement about human interaction with their environment. Rather, it encourages human interaction with their environment; it seeks to demonstrate the beauty to be found around us, if we choose to seek it.
CASTELAR RISING - The clean lines and elegant design of the Torre Castelar in Madrid provide a pristine palette for a minimalist photograph; it's sculptural 3-dimensional form translating gracefully into a polished 2-dimensional composition. It's beauty lies in it's simplicity.
COMPOSITION CASTELAR - The elegant simplicity of the Torre Castelar's design provide a myriad of opportunities for great images. This slightly more complex, quartered composition incorporates all three of the buildings major elements: tower, base, and plinth, set against a graphic sky.
SOFIA GEOMETRIC - The perforated conical sculpture, clad in the same white ceramic tile, sits beside the spherical shell of the Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts, providing a sharp counterpoint to its smooth curves.
SOFIA'S PINNACLE - An abstract composition of the 'plume' of the Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts rising above it's shell.
EAST GALLERY ANGLES - This vignette from the south facade of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC echoes the clean planes and sharp angles used throughout the landmark building.
BARCELONA SKY - The strong vertical lines of the center section of the facade of the Barcelona Sky Hotel cleanly split the offset panels of stacked rectangles pushing the eye skyward, while the checkered side facade pulls the eye back in, presenting contrasting elements and inviting the eye to dance across the composition.
COLON SPIRAL - Rising close to 300 ft. up the back of the Torre Colón, the spiral staircase provides a rhythmic contrast to this brutalist icon. Named for Christopher Colombus, the Torre Colón looks out over the Old Port in Barcelona, Spain.
FENDI WAVES - An undulating terrace wraps each floor of the Fendi Chateau in Surfside, FL with glass balustrades forming horizontal bands which shift from floor to floor, creating a sculpture that embodies the feeling of ocean waves. This black & white image brings them to life highlighting the rhythm and grace of its design.
WOVEN LIGHT - Abstract of the late day sun reflecting off of the undulating balconies of the Orra Harbour Residences in the Dubai Marina in the UAE. Reduced to light and shadow and absent of color, the resulting patterns of this modern structure echo the ancient art of weaving.
ICON DIAMONDS - Boldly defined in black & White, the balconies of the Icon Bay residences in Miami, FL fold across its facade creating a pattern of light and shadow, reflection and opacity, revealing diamonds in the sun.
WATERGATE PEAKS - Highlighting it's concrete balustrades and celebrating the rhythm and symmetry of the balconies adorning the Watergate Hotel, in Washington, DC.
TRIANGLE PROCESSION - The sweeping facade of concrete triangles of the Lindner Athletic Center at the Univ. of Cincinnati pulls the eye in to the frame, halting at a wall of triangles crossing behind.
TWA FLIGHT CENTER - Seen from this unparalleled perspective, the head house of the TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport soars from the expanse of it's concrete 'wings'.
DOMES OF THE GRAND MOSQUE - Its Macedonian marble glowing the in the afternoon light, the symmetry and organic shapes spring to life in this black and white image of the dome over the main prayer hall at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
DOME PROCESSION - Crowning the colonnade surrounding the courtyard, the Macedonian marble domes seem to march in procession towards the main prayer hall of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
SEMINARY LIGHT - This luminous vignette of the Hartford Seminary in Hartford, CT captures the clean simplicity and almost magical quality of light that are the hallmarks of architect Richard Meier's work.
FULTON SKY NET - The Sky Reflector-Net, a 79-foot-tall tensile structure suspended inside the conical atrium of the Fulton Center transportation hub in lower Manhattan drives light from 120 ft. above street level deep into the cavernous space below.
SHADES OF GEHRY - The usually gleaming stainless steel panels of the Walt Disney Concert Hall take on hues of their own on a cloudy Los Angeles morning.
GEHRY LANDSCAPE - The undulating panels and layered elements create a 'landscape' in the facade of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA
FOUR GATEWAY - Teal windows set-off a stainless steel facade on Four Gateway, a 22 story International style building completed in 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA.
TWO GATEWAY - Threatening skies lend an ominous cast to Two Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA, a 20 story International Style office building built in 1962.
JADE TOWER - Located in Boston's Financial District, 99 High St. stands at 400 feet with 32 floors. Architect Pietro Belluschi, a leader of the Modern Movement in architecture, designed the building's notable exterior, featuring distinctive rounded corners and grooved façade. It was completed in 1971.
DIAGONAL TOWERS - With the early evening sky reflected in its windows, the pastel colors of Diagonal 197 on the Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona, Spain seem to glow in the Mediterranean evening.
OCEAN BLVD. BALCONIES - Sporting Miami Beach's hallmark colors of aqua and orange, the balconies of Ocean Place rise into the Southern Florida sky.
STARLITE WINDOWS - Aqua and orange accents speak of Miami Beach on the MiMo (Miami Modern) style Starlite Hotel on Ocean Blvd.
REGENT PALACE - The symmetry of this MiMo (Miami Modern) style building immediately catch the eye as you come up Collins Ave. in Surf Side, FL, just north of Miami Beach. Throw in the classic MiMo colors of aqua and orange and it shouts Miami!
EDIFICIO CAPITOL - The Edificio Capitol, is a 14 story Art Deco-style building that sits prominently on the Gan Via in Madrid, Spain. It houses the Capitol Hotel and a 2,000 seat cinema and once was home to a seltzer water factory.
WALDEN LABYRINTH - A labyrinthian system of balconies adorns the facade of the Walden Seven Apartments in Barcelona, Spain. The building is composed of 18 towers set in a curve and connecting with neighboring towers, described as a "vertical labyrinth' with seven interconnecting interior courtyards and 446 residences
WALDEN ASCENDING - Cylindrical balconies and window embellishments adorn the rising facade of the Walden Seven Apartments in Barcelona, Spain. It is noted for its use of modules to create apartments and many public community spaces connected by a labyrinthian system of bridges and balconies – the best way to imagine it is to picture a practical version of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher’s Relativity (1953), a place that seems to defy the laws and conventions by which our usual world is ruled.
WALDEN GARDENS - With it's organic, earth-toned brick facade and almost random arrangement of small balconies adorned with greenery, the Walden 7 apartments in Barcelona, Spain echo a desert cliff-face.
WALDEN HAVEN - Balconies projecting from the facade provide contrast to the recessed portal allowing light into the interior of the Walden Seven Apartments in Barcelona, Spain.
WALDEN SEVEN - Myriad balconies project from the facade of the Walden Seven apartments in Barcelona, Spain. The name of the building, Walden 7, is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, which depicts a utopian community and itself is a reference to Henry David Thoreau's novel Walden.
EMIRATES ATRIUM - Rising four stories above the lobby, the glowing, ornate atrium of the Emirates Palace Hotel in Adu Dahbi, UAE. Travel tip: the hotel staff do not appreciate it when you lie down on your back in the center of the lobby. Must be a safety thing.
TEAL HORIZON - Chrome ribs and a teal sky lend a mid-century modern feel to this 21st century structure, the Mobility Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE.