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PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infi nite variety of perception, interpreta-tion and execution.
-Ansel Adams
AFTER BEING AWARDED THE
ALLERTON TRAVELING SCHOL-
ARSHIP, I WAS GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL THE
COAST OF CALIFORNIA AND
OBSERVE A VARIETY OF AR-
CHITECTURE. WITH A DIVERSE
RANGE OF ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES – FROM SPANISH
ELECTRIC TO THE INNOVATIVE
WORK BEING DONE IN CULVER
CITY – THERE WAS MUCH TO
STUDY FOR ANY ARCHITEC-
TURAL ENTHUSIAST.
FOR FEAR OF BEING TOO NAR-ROW MINDED AND MISSING OUT ON A BROADER PERSPECTIVE; I DECIDED TO STUDY THE BIGGER PICTURE OF CALIFORNIA’S URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I SOUGHT AFTER WAS FINDING Architecture THAT WAS EITHER HISTORIC, IN-NOVATIVE, OR IS AN ICONIC, CUL-TURAL LANDMARK.
IN MY TRAVELS, I OBSERVED
ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS UN-
LIKE ANYTHING HERE IN THE
MIDWEST; OFTEN TIMES VERY
COMPLEX AND RESPONSIVE TO
NOT ONLY THE URBAN ENVIRON-
MENT, BUT AS WELL AS TO THE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXAMPLES
FROM WORKING AT STANTON
ARCHITECTURE.