De l’Américanité à la Montréalité : Contours d’expériences photographiques formatrices de Melvin Charney
Photography was for Melvin Charney a tool for deepening his approach to the urban environment. This fact is already well documented. However, the origins of his photographic experiences as a tool for learning and thinking architecture remain unknown. The exploration of Charney’s personal archives an...
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| Language: | English |
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Université de Bourgogne
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Interfaces |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/1531 |
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| Summary: | Photography was for Melvin Charney a tool for deepening his approach to the urban environment. This fact is already well documented. However, the origins of his photographic experiences as a tool for learning and thinking architecture remain unknown. The exploration of Charney’s personal archives and the analysis of documents produced before and during his studies in architecture have recently led to a better understanding of how photography played a part in his training and his vision as an architect, in particular the role played by the photographic output of Erich Mendelsohn and Walker Evans. In addition to shedding new light on the genealogy of Charney’s work, including, for example, his references to the work of Edward Ruscha, this article contributes to thinking about the cognitive scope of photography in architecture. |
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| ISSN: | 2647-6754 |