The life and dead of buildings

After having our lecture regarding the library's online resources I thought that it would be useful to experiment, getting to grips with what's actually available to us. After conducting some research I was able to access of the the Aperture editions Spring 2012. When accessing e journals the library offers two file types, HTML and PFD each offering something different. With HTML the reader sees only text, taken directly from the source however with PDF everything is visible.

 DANNY LYON

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BUILDINGS
Aperture Spring 2012

Danny Lyon's Destruction of lower Manhattan, 1967.

Through accessing e journals I stumbled upon the above image, discussing the life and death of buildings. From briefly reading the review the extract discusses the histories that architecture leaves behind and how every encounter embodies something different. Expanding on this, the relationship between viewer and architecture has always been considered a particularly strong one. We associate these buildings with memories, something objective that attaches itself as if a shadow where they lie present throughout the years. For instance if we consider Bundestag in Berlin, walls covered in bullet-holes and graffiti represent the past events of the world war II-era remind all those who remember. 


In regards to this genre of photography it reminds me of work produced by Zarina Bhimji who's currently exhibiting at the White Chapel Gallery. I'm intrigued in the idea of memory and the effects of human inhabitance. With myself studying landscapes in my second year I can definitely find myself coming back to this, this research will be beneficial as the majority shall already be here.