About ‘Steps in silence’ by Stephan van Berkel
This photograph shows a brick ornament from a 19th-century pumping station near Velp. A functional detail from the water management system, captured as a purely graphic motif. By tilting the image, a play of rhythm and shadow emerges in which scale and function disappear. What was once brickwork becomes an enigmatic landscape: is it a…
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Stephan van Berkel
Netherlands
As an architect, I have a trained eye for building design. It’s a fascination I’ve had since I was a child. I’m always drawn to eye-catching ornamentation, the interplay of lines and, above all, the way light and shadow enhance one another in architecture. Photography is writing with light, which makes it a wonderful medium for capturing architecture. In my work, I deliberately seek to create a sense of alienation in everyday objects, by capturing familiar forms in such a…
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