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Since its beginning, photography has been one of the great allies of architecture. As a representation element, it manages to capture the architectural scene in fractions of a second. Its appearance as a technology available to the general public coincided with that of the Modern Movement in architecture, a Movement with which it became intimate and quickly allied itself. This new architecture, among other values, advocated lightness and transparency as values of modernity and photography attempted to reflect them. In Spain, without a doubt, Alejandro de la Sota has been one of the precursors of a mature Modern Movement. De la Sota took transparency as his banner in his latest works and this witness was taken up by one of his most notable students, Alberto Campo Baeza. This article aims to make an analysis of this architectural concept through the thoughts of its authors and especially the photographic series of several of their most paradigmatic works.
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On this question I have always defended that a bad architect with a good photographer is a hypocrite, and a good architect with a bad photographer is an idiot.” (El Mundo, 3.5.2015).
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You can follow his work on his Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/javiercallejas and his website https://www.javiercallejas.com/.
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Maruenda, J.C., Cabodevilla-Artieda, I., de la Torre Fornés, I. (2024). The Dissolution of Limits Through Photography. Transparency Strategies in the Work of Alejandro de la Sota and Alberto Campo Baeza. In: Hermida González, L., Xavier, J.P., Pernas Alonso, I., Losada Pérez, C. (eds) Graphic Horizons. EGA 2024. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57579-2_2
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