Description
Shared Gazes
Book Summary
This book captures the unique experience of the workshops on commented photography and architecture directed by Amparo Bernal and Enrique Jerez at the University of Burgos. Through a selection of images and brief texts, the authors share their personal way of seeing, understanding, and living architecture. More than a simple catalogue, the work is a visual and literary chronicle that demonstrates how photography does not replace the word, but rather proposes new graphic narratives enriched by collective dialogue.
What is it about?
The volume was born from three domestic and endearing meetings held at the headquarters of the Burgos College of Architects. In each session, participants presented a photograph and read a short text, spontaneously generating new readings and nuances thanks to the joint action of sharing their gazes. The initiative, proposed by Ricardo Sánchez Lampreave, sought to bring together photographs and stories to explore architectural culture from a personal and collaborative perspective. The result is a chronicle that transcends the memory of those meetings, offering a significant collection of texts and images that reveal the cultural enrichment that the experience entailed.
Main Topics
- Commented photography as a tool for architectural analysis.
- The relationship between image and word in architectural narrative.
- The collective and collaborative experience in the interpretation of built space.
- Architecture experienced from a personal and subjective perspective.
- The dissemination of architectural culture through participatory initiatives.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at architects, photographers, students of architecture and fine arts, and anyone interested in the intersection between photography and architecture. It will also be of great interest to those who seek to understand how the image can complement and enrich architectural discourse, as well as those who value collaborative cultural initiatives and the exchange of perspectives on the built environment.
What this book contributes
- A unique perspective on how photography can be a vehicle for sharing and deepening the architectural experience.
- An inspiring example of how collaborative cultural initiatives can generate a valuable documentary legacy.
- A collection of images and texts that invite reflection on the relationship between space, light, and the personal gaze.
- A testament to the cultural enrichment that arises from dialogue and the sharing of different points of view on architecture.
Technical Data
- Author: BERNAL; JEREZ
- Publisher: EDICIONES ASIMETRICAS,S.L
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARCHITECTURE
- Collection: ARCHITECTURE
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: March 2021
- Number of pages: 96
- Weight: 188 g
Editorial Review
Shared Gazes is a work that transcends the catalogue format to become a living testimony to the power of photography to generate community and reflection around architecture. Its value lies in the authenticity of a project born from enthusiasm and collaboration, offering the reader an intimate and enriching experience. Ideal for those seeking a more human and dialogical approach to the world of architecture, this book proves that the best ideas emerge when perspectives are shared.