New York Magazine’s cover
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I chartered a helicopter and shot the now iconic image of New York without power. November 3rd, 2013 A selection of the press about the cover: Artinfo: Post-Sandy, Two Icons Emerge From the Architectural World… Continue reading
Watch Iwan Baan’s TED talk: Ingenious homes in unexpected places
In the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story ‘Tower of David,’ an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the… Continue reading
Who is winning the architecture Arms Race? – Photo Essay – The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Alyev Cultural Center in Baku… Continue reading
School at Sea – Photo Essay – New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published the Makoko Floating School by NLE – Kunle Adeyemi By Michael Kimmelman… Continue reading
Iwan Baan received the Architizer Relevance award, presented by Lisa Phillips – Director of the New Museum in New York
Architizer A+ Relevance Award Winner Iwan Baan Honored with the Architizer A+ Relevance Award, presented by New Museum director Lisa Phillips, Iwan Baan is among the most talented architectural photographers working today. His art lies not only in capturing the building as an object, or in mastering composition, but… Continue reading
Iwan Baan is now represented by Perry Rubenstein Gallery
Some of the press: Complex Art+Design: Photographer of NY Mag’s Hurricane Sandy Cover is Now Represented by Perry Rubenstein Gallery ARTINFO: Iwan Baan Crosses Over Into Fine Art at Perry Rubenstein Gallery Gallerist NY: Iwan Baan Joins Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Proceeds of Iconic Sandy… Continue reading
The City and the Storm poster at MoMA
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Iwan Baan chartered the sole helicopter to take off that night and shot this cover of New York without power. We are thrilled that the MoMA decided to make the now iconic image into a large-scale poster, measuring 42 inches high by 30… Continue reading
Our new book Torre David – Informal Vertical Communities is out!
Edited by Urban-Think Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zurich – Photographs by Iwan Baan Torre David, a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas, has remained uncompleted since the Venezuelan economy collapsed in 1994. Today, it is the improvised home to more than 750 families living in an extra-legal… Continue reading
Folk Medicine – Photo Essay – New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published the series about Nanping Village in China, which I made last month for Ou Ning’s cancelled Yinxian fotofest By Michael Kimmelman… Continue reading
The new book for the exhibition White Cube, Green Maze is out
Spanning four continents and six countries, this book introduces ‘new art landscapes’ that fuse architecture, the reuse of found structures, environmentalism, and artistic experimentation. Through words and pictures, readers explore six institutions – Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, USA; Raketenstation Hombroich, near Neuss, Germany; Benesse Art Site in Naoshima, Japan; Inhotim,… Continue reading
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes Heinz Architectural Center at the Carnegie Museum of Art
Today a new type of museum is emerging-one that fuses inventive architecture and landscape design with radical conceptual and installation art. These sites typically mix old and new, featuring collaborative plans by several designers and encouraging exploration outdoors. White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes presents six such sites from… Continue reading
Exhibition at Arc en reve centre d’architecture: Brasilia – Chandigarh
Exhibition at Arc en reve centre d’architecture: Brasilia – Chandigarh 7 Rue Ferrere 33000 Bordeaux… Continue reading