Photo essay: keen to embark on career in architecture, young German student Paul Eis has been documenting the buildings of Berlin and Hamburg, but adapting them with bright colours (+ slideshow).
Eis, 18, uses the Instagram account the_architecture_photographer, to present his images, which have all been stripped of their context, updated with a new colour palette and superimposed over a vibrant blue backdrop.
He hopes the series will help show there is more to these cities than white and grey facades, and believes the addition of colour can help to highlight the interesting and unique qualities of buildings ranging from Walter Gropius' Bauhaus Archive to Frank Gehry's DZ Bank.
In a text written exclusively for Dezeen, he explains the purpose of the project.
I started my Instagram project in the summer of 2015, but I have been interested in architecture and buildings since before I can remember. When I finish school this year ? the same school Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius went to ? I want to study architecture.
With my photographs, I initially wanted to focus more on the buildings than on the technique of picturing them in the most spectacular way. But in a city like Berlin, sites that are both interesting and offer a pure view are very rare.
Bauhaus Archive by Walter Gropius
After photographing a few famous backyards and underground stations, I started to get bored. There is also distinct lack of colour in Berlin's modern architecture. So I starte...