This course is called "People and Place" and it is emphasized in the course material that "Place" does not mean pure architectual photography, but rather how space is used by people. So I wanted to examine what the differences are between architectual and non-architectual photography.
The photos below are not mine, but what I found to explain the difference.
Architectual
The first photo is of the interior of the Dublin Convention Centre. The composition is very symmentrical with straight lines. People are absent from the image and it almost look too clinical to image the hall to be filled with people.
The photos below are not mine, but what I found to explain the difference.
Architectual
The first photo is of the interior of the Dublin Convention Centre. The composition is very symmentrical with straight lines. People are absent from the image and it almost look too clinical to image the hall to be filled with people.
The next two photos are interiors from the cafe and restaurant in Musee Magritte in Brussels. These two are somewhere in the middle of the scale architectual vs non-architectual. We can perceive a presence of people - we can imagine them sitting down to eat.
Non-architectual
The image below would regarded as non-architectual, showing how this space is used by people. We see people working rather than what the space look like.