SHOOT THE ARCHITECT

Shoot The Architect  is a competition for professional photographers to photograph Queensland (registered) architects.  This concept was created by Emma Reilly, a professional photographer in her own right, who partnered with the Australian Institute of Architects.  This concept has been based on the highly successful event in Sydney – Shoot The Chef.

As a photographer and an architecture lover this competition was an ideal platform for me to share both my passions.  See below for my entries and figures crossed I get in.

TITLE:  The Insider

ARCHITECT: Noel Robinson

 

I have an insider’s view to the life of Noel Robinson.  Being one of Brisbane’s leading architects in the 80’s and 90’s I was his young daughter fighting for his attention over his career.  Now I am his muse, inspiration and friend; following in my own footsteps as an artist although he wanted it to be as an architect.  This photo was taken when we travelled together in New York.  Noel was there for the Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat conference, which included the disclosure of the now controversial 9/11 site.  This trip was pinnacle for my career too as an artist. I took a series of photographs with my newly inherited Pentax SLR.  This camera was used when photography was more prominent in Noel’s architecture firm than 3D graphics and animation.

 

TITLE: Left Brain and Right Brain

ARCHITECT: Garry Dutton

Garry Dutton is a senior associate architect at Noel Robinson Architects.  When I was commissioned to take staff photos for NRA, this creative fusion of architects occurred.  This really is a visual representation of the creative process of architecture within this firm, as these two Architects continually work on projects together.  Portuguese architect, Nuno Dias, is also featured in this photo.  These creative brains have worked on national and international projects such as Sohar University in Muscat.

 

TITLE: Stuart

ARCHITECT: Stuart Vokes

Stuart Vokes is one of the founding partners of Owen and Vokes, a Brisbane based architectural practice that undertakes private house commissions, furniture design and small commercial and institutional commissions.  I was invited into Stuart’s home which he describes as ‘a lifetime work in progress’.  Stuart and his young family inhabits a 1930’s inter-war, middle class bungalow and every detail tells a story of it’s history, era and previous inhabitants. As an architect Stuart is sensitive to existing architectural structures and design.  Instead of discarding our history, he instead, nurtures it into contemporary life, as seen in his home as well as his award winning Newmarket House.