Monday 26 August 2013

Life of a student.
Portrayal of Hitekani Denzil Maimela, a second year, Journalism student. Showing his normal day at campus Auckland Park Kingsway. University of Johannesburg. (UJ)










Tuesday 13 August 2013

158 Collins Street, my home away from home.

The photo that I took it’s a house or rather a student accommodation where I stay in Brixton. The house have become my second home away from home. I share a room in this house with my Roommate/best friend, we have created so many memories in a short period of time, we started staying there this year, yet it feels like I grew up in it. Being on my own in that accommodation have provided me with self of belonging and independence where I take change of my life, without my parents being around. I took this picture in a sense that it shows the whole house, which I believe it shows the warmth and its quietness, since it is the place of study for me and other housemates. When it look at the picture it does not say much but inside filled with memories and new experiences for me since it was my first time being on my own, which I usually refers to as out of my mother’s shadow. 158 Collins Street that is where I stay my second home away from home that is where I feel at home, this house in the picture provides me with the sense of belonging. I added two picture of the street just to give a sense of the environment of Collins street 


Monday 5 August 2013

Richard Meier in New York City, April 2009.
BornOctober 12, 1934
Newark, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
AwardsPritzker Prize (1984)
AIA Gold Medal (1997)
PracticeRichard Meier & Partners
BuildingsBarcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
City Hall and Central Library, The Hague
Getty Center, Los Angel




ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY 
I have chosen Richard Meier as my favourite photographer. His is one of the best architect. I am fascinated by his work, his achievement in the field of architect, In 1984 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize and In 2008 he won the gold medal in architecture from the Academy of Arts and Letters. And the fact that after sometime in the field of Architect he has established his own practice. It is been said that his practice has included housing and private residences, museums, high-tech and medical facilities, commercial buildings and such major civic commissions as courthouses and city halls in the United States and Europe.  Among his most well-known projects are the High Museum in Atlanta and plenty other. Mr Meier has worked in many project in the Architectural field such as the Atheneun in New Harmony, Indiana, and the Bronx Developmental Center in New York. And it is said that all the above mentioned buildings or rather project have received National Honour Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

His work needs no explanation they do the talking, such as the above photograph.

The above picture was taken by Richard Meier it is said that this photo shows the art side of architect. Where it shows both a new building that is far back combined with the old one in the front, where the new is more appealing because of the windows that are more visible in the picture that automatically grabs the attention of the viewers. I like this photo because it has combined two building in one picture and the angle that he showed, it is fascinating how he showed the windows in the new building 

Mr Meier is such an versatile person, looking at the fact that his work builds on the work of architects of the early to mid-20th century, especially that of Le Corbusier where he combines Le Corbusier's work of he’s  early phase. The above photo is an example of such combination.




UJ




My photograph is a picture of my campus Auckland Park Kingsway, university of Johannesburg, when I took this picture I tried to imitate Mr Meier’s ways of photographing photo. I tried to be closer as I can to the building so I can able to take a clear angle that will show or rather represent certain image to the viewers of my blog. I tried to make the photo more appealing than telling a story through it. I took it early in the morning where the sun was still blasting, in that way I knew that my picture was going to be more appealing and clear. I choose to show the end of the building because I loved the appearance of the sky in the end of it.