Forms of Place

Natural formations and architecture can define the space around them through a dominant shape. This project brings those forms together through relationships in scale and proportion. Smaller details help establish their size, while the surrounding setting shows how each form occupies space and changes the character of a place.

24 photographs

Buildings occupy the top of a tall rock pillar above a distant town and layered mountains.

Purple-flowering trees spread among buildings below a distant skyline and slender tower.

Dense orange rock columns fill a broad basin beneath a forested rim, with small pale patches among the lower forms.

Red rock pillars stand across a scrub-covered plain below blue sky and a distant snowy mountain band.

Large rounded and columnar rock forms stand above scrub, with a pale snowy ridge in the distance.

Warm orange rock forms two large arch openings against blue sky, with boulders below.

Three separated red rock masses rise from a broad plain, with a curving road in the foreground.

A tall banded rock spire rises above small buildings and grass, beneath a blue and cloudy sky.

Small masonry rooms sit within a broad red rock alcove below a curving overhang.

Orange, red and magenta rock walls curve around a narrow bright opening and luminous channel.

A wide network of illuminated streets and buildings leads toward distant towers beneath a dark sky.

Two stepped modern towers and lower buildings catch warm light above a darker riverside neighbourhood.

A small person stands inside a circular stone enclosure above a patchwork of fields, roads and distant water.

A green-sided escarpment rises beyond a dense foreground forest and a band of lighter trees.

A warm-lit ornate tower rises above riverside buildings, smaller towers and a distant modern skyline.

Orange-robed people appear around a stone pavilion between palms, with a small water reflection in the foreground.

Two broad tree canopies rise above a classical colonnade and groups of people among stone blocks.

A pale castle occupies a dark recess in a sheer rocky cliff above green vegetation.

A dark ornate arch frames a bright courtyard, repeated smaller arches, water and several people.

Sunlit fortress walls and towers extend above dark trees, with lower roofs and a distant mountain behind.

Bare trees stand on pale sand in front of an orange dune.

A rocky river and dry grasses lead toward a long mountain escarpment with prominent rock forms at either end.

Buses, cars, market umbrellas and people occupy a street beneath a large golden tower.