Infinite Forest. Kemble, England. 40x40cm view larger
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Parachute Store. Building 92
Unknown Structure
Station Offices. Building 147
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Station Offices. Building 147
Main Stores. Building 90
FFMT Shed. Building 119
Main Workshop. Building 99
Bomb Store. Building 216
Guard House. Building 89
Main Workshop. Building 99
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
Power House. Building 82
Operations Block. Building 146
Air Raid Shelter
Operations Block. Building 146
Power House (Backup). Building 93
Type “C” Hangar. Building 108
Station Offices. Building 147
Petrol tanker shed. Building 105
Fire Party Hut. Building 88
Type “A” Hangar. Building 79
Station Offices. Building 147
Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146
Motor Transport Shed. Building 129
Station Offices. Building 147
Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121
Station Offices. Building 147
Walking into the buildings at RAF Bicester in 2013 is like entering a time capsule back to the second world war. RAF Bicester was part of Bomber Command in WW2 being used mainly for training. The RAF left in 1976 and most of the buildings have been left untouched since. The site is of architectural and historical importance being the most complete and untouched example of such a collection of buildings most having being built in the 1920′s. The site contains a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
What I found fascinating about the site as a photographic subject is that the decay and abandonment have added new layers of meaning to the utilitarian buildings so the impression today is an intriguing mix of the evocative and the impenetrable.
In May 2013 the site was sold to Bicester Heritage who kindly gave me permission to photograph the site before they start renovation. My particular thanks to Daniel Geoghegan and Charles Morgan.
Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Egypt
Great Pyramid of Giza behind the Pyramid of Khafre
Apex of the Pyramid of Khafre
Corner of the Pyramid of Khafre
Great Pyramid of Giza bisects the modern skyline of Cairo
How to photograph something as iconic yet cliched as the Pyramids? My response was to choose monochrome, use square format and abstract the geometry as much as possible, cropping tight with a telephoto lens to emphasise the scale and texture of the monument.
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Dune above camp near Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt
Bedouin Tea, served extra sweet
Early morning sunlight illuminates a sand dune, Western Desert
Landcruisers descend into a wadi in the Sahara Suda (Black Desert), Egypt
Sahara Suda (Black Desert) the moment after sunset
Our bedouin guide, Mahmood contemplating the White Desert
Trekking above a sand dune in the White Desert, Egypt
Mahmood collecting fire wood in the White Desert
Mahmood guides us across the White Desert
Sam McConnell prepares for a night under the stars, White Desert
Sand ripples at the edge of the Sahara Beida (White Desert)
4X4 tracks at camp in the Western Desert
Khaled ties camping equipment to the top of the Landcruiser
Monoliths (inselbergs) of the White Desert at sunset
Landcruiser stuck in the sand in the Western Desert
Sam McConnell walks amongst the chalk rock formations of the White Desert
Moments before sunset at El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert
4X4 Camp amongst El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert
Mahmood & Khaled rest after trekking amongst The Tents, White Desert
Sunset abovet El-Khiyam “The Tents”, Sahara Beida (White Desert)
Khaled, deep in thought with a glass of sweet tea. Western Desert
Wind sculpted chalk waves and sand in the White Desert
Moonlit Camp in the White Desert
Chalk sculptures catch the setting sunlight in the White Desert
Sunset above the the chalk rock formations of the White Desert near Farafra
Aish el-Ghorab “The Mushrooms”, chalk sculptures, White Desert, Egypt
The Mushrooms, chalk sculptures, White Desert
Sunset in the White Desert, Egypt
These photographs document a trekking and 4×4 journey through the Western Desert of Egypt. Starting at Bahariya Oasis we travelled through the Sahara Suda (Black Desert) and Sahara Beida (White Desert) ending up near Farafra. As a compliment to these images I produced a second, more abstract series of photographs entitled “Sahara Sands” from the same trip.
The journey was undertaken with desert explorer Sam McConnell who runs highly recommended adventure travel expeditions to the region in collaboration with Abou Anis of Sub Sinai, off-road driver Khaled, and the bedouin of Bahariya Oasis
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Edit: I’m delighted that this post is featured in Freshly Pressed. Check out “Glimpses Of Iran” which was Freshly Pressed last year. Thanks for all your likes and comments and follow my Facebook Page to see my latest work
Sahara Sands I (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands II (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands III (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands IV (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands V (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands VI (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands VII (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands VIII (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands IX (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands X (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands XI (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands XII (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands XIII (Western Desert, Egypt)
Sahara Sands XIV (Western Desert, Egypt)
Photographs of Egypt’s Western Desert made during a 10 day trek and 4×4 expedition with desert explorer Sam McConnell. The approach to this work is in part inspired by my earlier abstractions of the River Thames
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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I’ve got five copies of my World Architecture Calendar 2013 to give away. The calendar is 45x50cm and the prize includes free shipping worldwide. To enter the prize draw click here (requires liking my Facebook page). The five winners will be notified on Monday 18th February.
Heygate Estate by Simon Kennedy, winner of the Architecture and Place category 2011
I’m excited to be on the judging panel for the 4th Architect’s Eye photography competition, now open for entries. Open to UK architects & part II students.
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 30th April.
Organized by International Art Consultants and supported by The Royal Photographic Society, the Architect’s Eye competition has been celebrating and encouraging architects’ passion for photography since 2007. Now, in its fourth edition, UK architects are challenged to submit photos into two distinct categories: Architecture and Place and Architecture and People. The former focuses solely on the aesthetics of the architecture and places it creates, while the latter explores and celebrates the interaction of people with the environments created by architects. There are no restrictions on which buildings qualify for the competition.
The winner in each category will receive a weekend break for two anywhere in the EU. There will also be Special Commendation prizes awarded at the judges’ discretion.
The finalist and winning works will be showcased in an exhibition at Roca London Gallery coinciding with the start of the London Festival of Architecture 2013.
This year the Architect’s Eye Judging Panel is chaired by leading architect Simon Allford, Director at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Alongside Allford, the prestigious judging panel will be composed of renowed architect Keith Priest (Fletcher Priest Architects), noted architectural photographers Quintin Lake and George Kavanagh, Martine Hamilton Knight (The Royal Photographic Society) and Dr Irena Murray (Sir Banister Fletcher Director, British Architectural Library, RIBA).
More information here!
For more, check out which images were awarded top honors in last year’s competition.
My 30 favourite pictures from assignments and projects in 2012….
1/ The Walbrook Building by Foster and Partners More >>
London old and new. At left: St Stephen Walbrook Church built 1672-9 by architect Sir Christopher Wren. At right: Walbrook Office Building, built 2010. Architect: Foster and Partners. Engineer: Arup
2/ Oxford Street facade by Future Systems More >>
Contrasting old and new architecture in London. Detail of facades on Oxford Street, London. Left: Late 19th century facade now Radcliffe College Language School. Right: 187-195 Oxford Street faceted glass facade by architect’s Future Systems, built 2008
3/ M Shed by LAB Architecture Studio More >>
4/ Welsh Assembly by Richard Rogers More >>
Cedar wood ceiling inside the National Assembly for Wales Senedd (Senate) Building. Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership, 2006. Cardiff Bay, Wales.
5/ The Wave Car Park by Scott Brownrigg More >>
Detail of tensile fabric facade, The Wave Car park, Cardiff Bay, Wales. Architects: Scott Brownrigg
6/ Larch House by Millar + Howard Workshop More >>
Larch House at dusk, Horsley, Gloucestershire. Architect: Millar+Howard Workshop
7/ Gravesend Library by Clay Architecture More >>
Gravesend Library new entrance at dusk. Architect: Clay Architecture
8/ Biochemistry Building by Hawkins Brown More >>
Coloured glass fins of Oxford University Biochemistry Building in evening light
9/ Vanishing Shanghai More >>
Vanishing Shanghai II. The writing on the wall reads, “Overusage of Electricity Prohibited”. 2007
10/ Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran More >>
Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam
11/ Villa W, London by Krause Architects More >>
At the front door, the house opens up to provide clear views through to the garden and staircase
12/ Boiler Suit by Heatherwick Studio More >>
Detail of Boiler Suit, Guy’s Hospital, London designed by Heatherwick Studio
13/ Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark” More >>
Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark”, Liquid enamel on steel, 2006. Southwark Bridge, London
14/ Tower Bridge Road by Glas Architects More >>
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London
15/ Romanian Vernacular Architecture More >>
Shadows on a wooden house from Naruja, Vrancea, Romania. Built C19
16/ King’s Cross Station by John McAslan More >>
2012 Steel lattice in front of the 1852 station booking hall.
17/ Graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel More >>
“Marmite” a graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel opposite St Pancras station, London, 2012.
18/ Aleppo Night Workshops, Syria More >>
Aleppo Streets at night, Syria
19/ Glimpses of Iran More >>
An Iranian girl looks out from the trunk of Sarv-e Abar-Kuh “cypress of Abar-Kuh”, also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a Cupressus sempervirens tree in Abarkuh, Yazd Iran. It is estimated to be over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.
20/ The Beauty of Iranian Symmetry More >>
Interior of Octagonal Pavilion Tomb of the Sheikh Abdolsamad, Natanz, Iran.
21/ Mayfair Office by Data Nature Associates More >>
Glass reception desk and hidden meeting room in Portland stone
22/ Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song More >>
Thames Waters X
100 miles downstream, dawn near Shiplake
23/ Paralympic Closing Ceremony, London 2012 More >>
Fireworks during conclusion of Paralympic closing ceremony 9th September
24/ Sports Hall by Original Field of Architecture More >>
Multi-Function Sports Hall at Magdalen College School, Oxford
25/ International Photography Awards: 1st place More >>
A silver birch tree grows through the floor on the terrace of Hotel Polissia.
26/ Contemporary Cotswold House More >>
Terrace overlooking rural Cotswold landscape
27/ Botanical Gardens by C.F. Moller More >>
View of the structure at dusk. C.F. Moller & Søren Jensen
28/ Aarhus Business School More >>
Main circulation space at the heart of the building. Cubo Arkitekter & Søren Jensen
29/ The Freight Yard by 3XN & Søren Jensen More >>
The sky lights glowing at dusk
30/ Christmas Light Abstractions, London More >>
Selfridges, Oxford Street
About Quintin
Multi-award winning architectural & travel photographer. Works on assignments & fine art projects. Based in Cheltenham, UK. Former architect, author of Drawing Parallels
Phone: +44(0)7973 139345
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