Seen almost head-on from street level, the Flatiron Building narrows as it rises until its familiar wedge seems improbably thin against the sky.
The warm monochrome treatment removes much of the distraction of the surrounding city and concentrates attention on shape, height and perspective. Cars and street details remain at the bottom of the frame, providing scale, but the building is allowed to become almost a geometric form. The photograph was made on film using a Hasselblad XPan.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Urban Photographs
Title: Flatiron Building, New York #0004
Artwork: #0004
Location: New York City, USA
Subject: Flatiron Building
Medium: Warm-toned monochrome photography
Process: Film photography, Hasselblad XPan
Format: Vertical
Genre: Architectural / urban photography
Themes: Architecture, geometry, perspective, scale, city
Edition: 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Seen almost head-on from street level, the Flatiron Building narrows as it rises until its familiar wedge seems improbably thin against the sky.
The warm monochrome treatment removes much of the distraction of the surrounding city and concentrates attention on shape, height and perspective. Cars and street details remain at the bottom of the frame, providing scale, but the building is allowed to become almost a geometric form. The photograph was made on film using a Hasselblad XPan.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Urban Photographs
Title: Flatiron Building, New York #0004
Artwork: #0004
Location: New York City, USA
Subject: Flatiron Building
Medium: Warm-toned monochrome photography
Process: Film photography, Hasselblad XPan
Format: Vertical
Genre: Architectural / urban photography
Themes: Architecture, geometry, perspective, scale, city
Edition: 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
