Architecture, held still.
I make photographs of buildings for the architects who designed them, the publications that write about them, and the quiet hours between. Eighteen years of work — residential, civic, adaptive reuse — for studios across four continents.
- Published in
- AD · Dwell · Domus
- Studios
- SO-IL · SANAA · Atelier Bow-Wow
- Camera
- Leica S3 · Phase One XT
- Clients
- 42 across 16 countries
Selected projects.
A working archive. Projects span new-build residential, cultural pavilions, adaptive reuse of industrial heritage, and hospitality interiors. Click any image to request the full series.
I'm interested in the moment just before a building is noticed — when the light tells you what the architect intended, and the photographer just has to wait for it.— Elena Marsh, Studio Notes 2023
The practice.
I've spent eighteen years photographing architecture on site, in the company of the architects who made it. I work slowly — often returning to a building across three seasons — because most buildings only reveal themselves after you've stopped trying.
My practice is split between editorial work for Architectural Record, Domus, and Dwell, and long-form documentation for studios including SO-IL, SANAA, Atelier Bow-Wow, and Miguel Ángel Aragonés. I shoot primarily on medium and large format — Leica S3 and Phase One XT — because the resolution and tonal range of film-backed digital still serves the quiet scale of good architecture better than anything else I've tried.
I'm based in Brooklyn and travel roughly seven months of the year. Assignments are booked four to ten months in advance. I take on two teaching workshops annually at the Yale School of Architecture.
- Selected Press
- Architectural Record
Domus · Dwell · AD
Wallpaper* · El Croquis - Awards
- AIA Film & Video 2022
Lucie Award, Architecture
PDN Photo Annual 2019 - Representation
- Steven Kasher Gallery, NY
Bergamin & Gomide, SP - Teaching
- Yale School of Architecture
Criticship, 2021 — present
Let's correspond.
I take on roughly twelve assignments a year. If you're planning a shoot, reach out four to ten months ahead — earlier for long-form monographs.