Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture

The American architect Louis Kahn is one of the great master builders of the 20th Century. Kahn created buildings of monumental beauty with powerful universal symbolism. Discover how Kahn created a modern form of expression for the eternal and essential qualities of architecture. 09 July 2014 – 12 October 2014… Continue reading

Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age – Barbican, London

25 September 2014 – 11 January 2015 Group Exhibition Barbican, London Since the very first photograph, architecture has proved to be an enduring subject matter for photographers. Constructing Worlds looks beyond the medium’s ability… Continue reading

CORTONA on the move

July 17 – September 28, 2014 Photofestival Cortona, Italy, curated by Kathy Ryan… Continue reading

How Iwan Baan Became the Most Wanted Photographer in Architecture – The Wall Street Journal

by Fred A. Bernstein Iwan Baan photographs the world’s buildings as they are made, used and abused by people—an approach that’s made him the architecture world’s most sought-after lensman It’s easy to see why Iwan Baan is called the Indiana Jones of architecture photography. One morning in January, at a… Continue reading

Ruta del Peregrino

For the 13th Veice Architecture Biennale 2012 with the main topic ‘common ground’ given by David Chipperfield there was produced a Booklet to the project ‘Ruta del Peregrino’. The Booklet documents all projects, built by several architects from around the world, on the pilgrim route from Ameca to Talpea… Continue reading

Fotofestival Naarden, The Netherlands

May – June 2013 Group Exhibition Fotofestival Naarden… Continue reading

ASME Best Magazine Cover of The Year

The cover of the November 12, 2012, issue of New York Magazine depicting Hurricane Sandy was chosen by magazine editors as “Cover of the Year” in the seventh annual ASME Best Cover Contest, which was open to all consumer magazines published in calendar year 2012. The announcement was made today… Continue reading

The best photographs of 2012 – in pictures

From the camaraderie of the Tour de France to snipers in Syria, Sarah Gilbert selects her favourite pictures of the year. The Guardian… Continue reading

Top Photography Magazine Cover

“Jody Quon, the photography director, and her team, saw a version of this picture in their collective heads, and sent Iwan Baan high over New York in a helicopter to try to get it. But when the picture came in, I think we were all startled by just how viscerally… Continue reading

Architecture + Photography II

The Architektur Galerie Berlin presents the second event in the Architecture + Photography series, an exhibition comparing the work of three famous architecture photographers: Iwan Baan, Jan Bitter, Hertha Hurnaus. Iwan Baan works with prominent architects such as Herzog de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and SANAA while also using his lens to capture phenomena of… Continue reading

Julius Shulman Photography Award

On October 10, the 100th anniversary of legendary photographer Julius Shulman, artist Iwan Baan was honored with the inaugural Julius Shulman Institute Photography Award. Dwell: Photographer Iwan Baan Honored Los Angelas Times: A celebration of Julius Shulman… Continue reading

Structural Integrity and People, Too

By Fred A. Bernstein. “During one three-week period recently Iwan Baan touched down in Amsterdam, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Milan, Rome, Tokyo, Medellín and Basel, where he photographed buildings designed by some of the world’s top architects, including Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito. Along with… Continue reading