Architecture nominee

“We must preserve the dignity of modernity even while we attempt to overcome the disaster of modernity” - Ken Wilber

‘Boomeritis’ series presents stand-alone portraits of buildings with the long exposure technique. We depart from straight photography to fuse the boundaries between representational and expressionistic image making. Iconic architecture presented in a way that highlights the formalistic aspects of design, while the blurring of time is intended to give them a timeless feel. Desaturated or monochrome treatments emphasise the tectonic elements, and the manual blending of different exposures adds presence, depth and complementary lighting. The title is a reference to the pathology of the Baby Boomer generation characterised - as American philosopher Ken Wilber points out - by pluralism infected with narcissism.
Images are part of the photographic project - 'Integral Lens: an integral approaches to architectural photography’ - taken during a 5-month journey in United States awarded with the Fulbright Artist Scholarship and sponsored by the College of Architecture and Design of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. During this trip, approximately 9,600 miles were traveled by plane, 4,200 miles by car, 1,300 miles by public commuting, and 750,000 steps walking.
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Pygmalion Karatzas was born in Greece in 1973. He studied architecture in Budapest, and urban design in Edinburgh. Working as a freelance architect since 1999, he has designed more than 20 projects. Since 2012 he has been involved systematically with artistic and commercial architectural photography.
Distinctions include international competitions Architizer, Sony WPO, IPA, Spider Black & White Awards, PX3. His images are being featured regularly in web and print publications. Exhibitions include 'Eye See the Story', 'Points of View', 'Misty Landscapes', 'The Margin - Panhellenic Architecture Exhibition', 'KTIRIO Magazine - 30 Years of Greek Architecture'. 
Recent projects include the Expo Milano 2015 pavilions, Doha’s Contemporary Architecture, and buildings by Barlas Architects, Valia Foufa & Panagiotis Papassotiriou, Anmahian Winton Architects, R.C. Tech, among others. In 2015 he was awarded the Fulbright Artist Scholarship sponsored by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design. 
He collaborates with the Danish Architecture Center as photo editor, a contributing photographer on Arcaid Images London and a member of the Association of European Journalists. His on-going research is towards an integral approach to architecture, sustainability and art. Based in Aigion, travels in Greece and abroad for his personal projects and assignments.