Åke E:son Lindman
“I have the eye of both an architect and a photographer,” he says. He studied photography at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm at the end of the 1970s but it was only a decade later that he chosed to focus solely on architecture. His decision was the result of a commission to record for posterity a housing fair in Upplands Väsby near Stockholm. While doing the job he realised that not many photographers specialised in spatiality. He therefore allowed his already deep-rooted interest in art and architecture to blossom. Before choosing to specialise he had also worked in fields of artphotography and documentaries. His architectural photographs seldom contains people, partly because of their long exposure times and partly because people are seldom as perfect and timeless as the spaces he is depicting.
“We humans are far more dated because of our clothing fashions,” he says. “Architecture is more timeless, even though it is also marked by time in things like the choice of materials and designs.”
Åke E:son Lindman
“I have the eye of both an architect and a photographer,” he says. He studied photography at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm at the end of the 1970s but it was only a decade later that he chosed to focus solely on architecture. His decision was the result of a commission to record for posterity a housing fair in Upplands Väsby near Stockholm. While doing the job he realised that not many photographers specialised in spatiality. He therefore allowed his already deep-rooted interest in art and architecture to blossom. Before choosing to specialise he had also worked in fields of artphotography and documentaries. His architectural photographs seldom contains people, partly because of their long exposure times and partly because people are seldom as perfect and timeless as the spaces he is depicting.
“We humans are far more dated because of our clothing fashions,” he says. “Architecture is more timeless, even though it is also marked by time in things like the choice of materials and designs.”
Åke E:son Lindman
“I have the eye of both an architect and a photographer,” he says. He studied photography at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm at the end of the 1970s but it was only a decade later that he chosed to focus solely on architecture. His decision was the result of a commission to record for posterity a housing fair in Upplands Väsby near Stockholm. While doing the job he realised that not many photographers specialised in spatiality. He therefore allowed his already deep-rooted interest in art and architecture to blossom. Before choosing to specialise he had also worked in fields of artphotography and documentaries. His architectural photographs seldom contains people, partly because of their long exposure times and partly because people are seldom as perfect and timeless as the spaces he is depicting.
“We humans are far more dated because of our clothing fashions,” he says. “Architecture is more timeless, even though it is also marked by time in things like the choice of materials and designs.”