Captured in early afternoon on a clear day wiith the Rodenstock HR Digaron-W 50mm/4.0 (@ f/7.1) lens, Phase One IQ4 150 Achromatic Back (@ ISO 200) and Phase One XT camera (10mm vertical shift). 760nm IR filter, which effectively blackened the sky.
This is an abstract view of modern midtown skyscrapers, as perhaps Georgia O'Keeffe might have seen them. The composition is a nod to the precisionists of a century earlier, emphasizing the vertical lines and essential geometry of the buildings.
I think this image highlights the difference between realism and abstract schools like precisionism. While it's a realistic image in the sense that it's a straight, basically unaltered photograph of buildings, it deliberately omits elements that might distract from the abstract lines and and shapes that make them up. The black sky (aided by the IR exposure) and harsh, almost threatening diagonal shadows add to the unreal feeling.
@mattblaze Interesting to see how the lens and camera you used was able to remove the usual perspective distortion. It makes the photo more surreal to my mind, in addition to the geometry of the buildings. The O'Keeffe paintings have more regular perspective.
@EricFielding Yeah, O'Keeffe seems to have been struck by how these giant buildings towered over us. And how could she not see them that way? They were new and unique and there had been nothing like them before!
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