Judith Turner Photographs: Five Architects

Judith Turner began taking photographs in 1972, commencing her career in this medium with a strong interest in abstract and non-representational form. As she worked, she recognized that man-made, industrial materials were intrinsically compelling in terms of pure structure. This thought intrigued her and she often found herself drawn to empty construction sites where her camera could explore the varied shapes and textures that such unlikely places can offer. Inevitably, an intense interest in architecture developed, and in all of her mature work Turner has used architecture as a basic point of departure. She gradually became involved in doing complete photographic studies of buildings, not merely recording their overall exterior and interior views. In this volume, selections from the work of five leading New York architects are presented in five sections, each given to the study of a single building by these highly gifted men: Charles Gwathmey, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk, Michael Grav