These images are part of a photographic series that provide a specific perspective on tall buildings. When looking upward, while close to extremely tall buildings, the human brain adjusts one's visual sense, maintaining one's sense that the building is vertical and plumb with the earth below, although that isn't what one's eyes actually see. However, this mental machinery is really part of the mind's amazing ability to adjust visual reality to comply with one's sense of correctness. Reality however, as seen through the lens of a camera, demonstrates that what one really sees is a building off axis from an extremely close viewer's perspective. Among the purposes of this photographic project is the exploration of tall buildings from this very specific perspective, one people often experience, but to which people may not pay quite enough attention.
The off axis perspectives of the buildings in these photographs are combined with the glory of midsummer morning and evening light, which has a glowing color that disappears in the harshness of midday sunshine. These photographs are obviously also captured, for the most, on the clearest and sunniest days of summer.
Many of these buildings are also extraordinarily gorgeous feats of architectural beauty, engineering design, in addition to contemporary construction technology and building materials. Please enjoy this rarefied view of these architectural feats of beauty.
Click on any thumbnail image below for larger individual views of each photography. There are also - next | previous - navigation links at the bottom of the larger image views, as well as a link back to the gallery's main page..
Marilyn Perry
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