Geometry at Work

Curves define a place to sit in this corporate lobby.

You might think that math has very little to do with photography. After all, isn’t photography all about the art? All about the image?

I think you can see where this is headed.

Math has everything to do with photography. Just look around. Math – geometry to be specific – is everywhere. We are surrounded by rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and curves. Every building – traditional, modern, futuristic and inbetween – has volume. Geometry is the organizing principle that holds it all together. Geometry makes order out of disorder.

Next to my camera, it’s the means by which I tell stories with pictures

Circular light wells above illuminate a grand stairwell below.

Intersecting and parallel rectangular planes bring this urban townhouse façade to life.

Unique geometry – a look back to deco style – helps a skyscraper take a stand on a city skyline (note that Philadelphia’s Pyramid Club is located just under this pyramid that tops off 1735 Market).

Penn’s Perry World House plays with basic geometric shapes mostly associated with houses, then adds a modern twist to these forms.

Curves – undulating curves – add drama and movement to an airport restaurant ceiling.

Skyscrapers as oversized three-dimensional graph paper. Excel spreadsheets grown to Godzilla size.