Prof. Erieta Attali will offer a course with the title "Landscape into Architecture: the inversion of content and context in architectural photography" (October 6-17, 2017). The aim of this course is to examine the various ways in which photography has served as an active tool for understanding the relationship between architectural works and their respective environments, either natural or man-made.
Thematically, the proposed course will be accompanied by an overview of the oeuvre of photographers who have worked with the subject matter of architecture, landscape or industrial landscapes, spanning a range from the beginning of the 19th until the end of the 20th century. The investigation encompasses both photographers who focused on documentation, and also ones who had a more artistic output.
The course is open to all B.A. and M.A. architecture students. There is no previous experience necessary but a daily commitment is required. The first meeting takes place on October 6, 2017 at 4 p.m.
Application: am@architekturmuseum.de
Erieta Attali started her career as a landscape and archeology photographer in 1993. She studied photography at Goldsmiths and the University of London; she continued her studies as a visiting scholar at Columbia GSAPP with a support of Fulbright Foundation, and Waseda University, Tokyo. Attali received a PhD from RMIT University, School of Architecture and Design in Australia. She has worked as visting professor at several universities such as the University of Tokyo and the Architectural Association in London. She has been an Adjunct Professor of Architectural Photography at the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University, NYC since 2003.
Since her activity as photographer, Erieta Attali has taken landscape photographs all over the world. Her pictures has been supported by several prestigious institutions, such as Fulbright, Japan Foundation or Graham Foundation. During the past 20 years, Attali has been preoccupied primarily with architectural photography, both as a profession and as a fine-art photographer. Her architectural work expands from Europe to Americas and from Asia to Australia.
Erieta Attalis photographs have been published in many exhibitions and publications. Her next forthcoming book has the title "Periphery | An Archaeology of Contemporary Architecture" and will be released in 2018.
Further information about Erieta Attali and her photography work.
An interview with Erieta Attali can be read in the recent issue of MAP (07+08) – München Architektur Programm.