{"id":14896,"date":"2012-11-13T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=14896"},"modified":"2019-02-13T05:11:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:11:36","slug":"balthazar-korab-architect-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/13\/balthazar-korab-architect-of-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14899\" title=\"Korab\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Korab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/book-reviews_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: John Comazzi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Balthazar Korab is \u201can architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is knowledgeable about architecture.\u201d Celebrated for his modern architecture photography, Korab is an artist, a designer, and a storyteller, as much as photographer. <em>Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography<\/em> is a biographical collection of his life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Written and compiled by John Comazzi, the book begins with biographical information about Korab\u2019s professional and personal journey, and ends with two case studies and a detailed collection of his work that showcases him as a photographer with a deep understanding of architecture and storytelling. Over one hundred images from his professional architectural commissions, as well as a small collection of his personal portfolio, are included in this thorough and engaging biography.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Born in 1926, Korab was a child of modernism. After fleeing Hungary with his family, Korab spent his 20s in Europe where he received a diverse education, both formal and informal, that undoubtedly contributed to his talents. He completed a degree in architecture at l\u2019Ecole des Beaux-Arts as well as a degree in art history at l\u2019Ecole du Louvre. His academic and professional background allowed Korab to play with photography as a method of documenting his own architecture work. Using mixed mediums, he would blend drawings and photography as a way to represent his work and to aid in his designs\u2014a process that would ultimately lead him to great success.<\/p>\n<p>In 1953, Korab moved to the United States and he started a job with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eero_Saarinen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eero Saarinen<\/a>. Saarinen\u2019s creative and open approach to architectural representation gave him a forum in which he could utilize all of his design, drawing, and photographic skills. Although he worked on many aspects of the projects, it wasn\u2019t long before his camera skills helped him carved out a niche in the office. Korab quickly became responsible for integrating photography into the design development phases, which gave him an intimate knowledge of Saarinen\u2019s work and invaluable understanding of the genre of architecture he would become famous for capturing.<\/p>\n<p>Although he continued to strive for architectural success, in the late 1950s Korab decided to open up a photography studio and by the early 1960s he was one of the most sought-after professional architectural photographers.<\/p>\n<p>Comazzi chose two case studies and a series of plates to represent Korab\u2019s professional photographic work. In the first case study, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TWA_Flight_Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWA Flight Centre<\/a>, Korab\u2019s photography was crucial to the design development. His photographs were used throughout the process as a design tool for the architects and as a tool to illustrate to the clients exactly how the final product would appear. His familiarity with the formal design elements aided in his successful documentation of the building as it was constructed. Comazzi argues that the TWA flight Centre was the key project that launched Korab into a professional career in architecture photography.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miller_House_(Columbus,_Indiana)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miller House<\/a> is also included as a case study. Korab documented the house over the course of eighteen years throughout all four seasons. His Miller House work, though relatively unknown, is an invaluable survey of classic mid-century architecture and a wonderful illustration of Korab\u2019s ability to document the life of a building.<\/p>\n<p>Comazzi also includes a set of nearly seventy-five plates titled \u201cinflected Modernism.\u201d This extensive set explores Korab&#8217;s ability to capture the formal aspects of a building as well as the surprising or provocative moments that make each piece of architecture unique and highlight his own creative voice. Long shadows, early morning light, snow-dusted rooftops, swaths of unoccupied suburban backyards; the elements that Korab includes add a sense of melancholy, and serenity\u2014as well as a human voice\u2014while highlighting the complexity of each structure.<\/p>\n<p>Balthazar Korab\u2019s photos document not only architecture but the historical context and the photographic mediums of mid-century, as well. If you need a photography expert, check in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/camarie-photography.com\/\">https:\/\/camarie-photography.com\/<\/a> and find the service you are looking for, including most of photography styles, from architecture, to portraits and events.<\/p>\n<p>In the stillest of images, Korab brings the photos to life through light, shadows, fog, people, or landscaping and does not hide the context in which the image is taken\u2014or the voice of the photographer behind the lens. Instead he celebrates it, which gives his photos a powerful place in our cultural history.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ellen Ziegler<\/strong> is currently completing a Masters in Advanced Studies in Architecture at the University of British Columbia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: John Comazzi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Balthazar Korab is \u201can architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is knowledgeable about architecture.\u201d Celebrated for his modern architecture photography, Korab is an artist, a designer, and a storyteller, as much as photographer. Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography is a biographical collection of his life\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/13\/balthazar-korab-architect-of-photography\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6012,"featured_media":14899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11232],"tags":[10725,816,795,10723,52,965,2109,1489,5871,10722,10724,10728,828,10726,820,10727,801,568],"class_list":["post-14896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-a-designer","tag-architect","tag-artist","tag-balthazar-korab","tag-book-review","tag-british-columbia","tag-ellen-ziegler","tag-europe","tag-final-product","tag-hungary","tag-john-comazzi","tag-lecole","tag-photographer","tag-photography-author","tag-princeton-architectural-press","tag-twa-flight-centre","tag-united-states","tag-university-of-british-columbia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/13\/balthazar-korab-architect-of-photography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Author: John Comazzi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Balthazar Korab is \u201can architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is knowledgeable about architecture.\u201d Celebrated for his modern architecture photography, Korab is an artist, a designer, and a storyteller, as much as photographer. 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