The V&A East opened last week on the edge of the Olympic Park at Stratford. Yet another success to the regeration of the park. The opening exhibition ‘The Music is Black’ is a wonderful statement for a new venue. The building itself is simply stunning and a reason for a return visit with a camera. Designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey the interior balances what I can only descibe as intrgue, scale and intimacy.
A few photographs from a pre Christmas visit to Miami, strange to believe that I have never visited before, The South beach provided great walking, some wonderful December weather and the home of some great examples of US Art Deco.
Delighted to be commissioned to photograph Fondation USM Futures Lab involvement and presentation at the recent Material Matters in London
Delighted to be invited by Studio52 to photograph this unique light sculpture that they designed. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it before, the design, the engineering and the craftsmanship are quite spectacular and brings life to a space otherwise quite void. You need to read the details behind this to appreciate it more, you can find them on this link to Studio52’s summary here https://www.st52.com/
Honoured and delighted to have been given the 2025 Architectural photography award at London’s Surface Design show for my image of Old Billingsgate Rooftops in the City of London
https://www.surfacedesignshow.com/surface-design-awards-winners-2025
First assignment of 2025 and quite a special one to photograph Square Mile Farms operations at the Orangery in New Oxford Street. So grateful for the opportunity to document this very special space and their activities for them.
More on Square Mile Farms here on their website https://www.squaremilefarms.com/
The start of the year is a great time to review work and one thing I have noticed is that during my architectural and interiors assignments just how important the details are. They add context, quality, colour, graphic and purpose and capturing them as images helps our clients with the narrative that allows them to illustrate the project and its value as a whole.
These images come from a wide variety of assignments over the past two years and I would be more than happy share the detailed story behind them, or take look at a few notes on my approach at the foot of this post.
My approach to capturing this type of image recognises the following; (i) an understanding of the project brief, (ii) a good eye, (iii) speed (iv) and understanding of light (v) a notebook and (vi) a proven method of capture. I always walk the space to set out my key shots that will need time to curate. At the same time I look for the those points of detail that will support these key images. These are pretty much all taken handheld using a camera and lens combination that has fabulous stabilisation allowing me to shoot down to 2 seconds when required.
Delighted to be commissioned by BDG architecture+design to photograph their design for WPP’s Paris Campus. A spectacular environment fashioned within what was originally the Citroën 2CV factory in Levallois-Perret, a western suburb of Paris. WPP’s Campus programme brings together a number of agencies under one roof providing space that can foster greater communication and working together.
https://www.wpp.com/en/news/2019/05/wpp-to-open-new-campus-in-paris
The Serpentine Pavilion 2024 by Minsuk Cho, Mass Studies is rather special, demonstrating physical, personal and cultural space, and one of the best Pavilions of recent years at the Serpentine in my view
philhutchinsonphotography.net 