Tom Blachford expands Midnight Modern architecture photo series
Modernist buildings bathed in moonlight are the subject of Australian photographer Tom Blachford's updated image series, which goes on show in New York this week.
The fourth and final set of Midnight Modern photos includes 12 large-scale images, all taken under the light of a full moon using long exposure times.
Icons like the Sheats-Goldstein residence and the Doolittle House are among the projects depicted in the collection, presented as an exhibition at Toth Gallery in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighbourhood.
Blachford's updated Midnight Modern series includes the Doolittle House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, completed in Joshua Tree in 1993 (also main image)
"Blachford's series is a surreal ode to the landscapes of California and its cache of pristine modernist buildings," said a statement on behalf of the photographer. In this latest set, Blachford ventured beyond Palm Springs and strayed away from the mid-century timeframe that he previously stuck too.
This allowed him to capture buildings like architect John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein residence high up in the hills above Los Angeles.
Blachford expanded his series beyond Palm Springs, allowing him to capture buildings like John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein residence in Los Angeles
Featuring a distinctive angular roof patterned with a grid of triangular indents, the house was originally built in 1963 for Helen and Paul Sheats, then acquired by art collector James Goldstein in 1972.
It famously appeared in 1998 c...
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