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Photography

 

... but the more I thought about what photographs are,        

  the more complex and suggestive they became.

                                 Susan Sontag, On Photography, 1977



On this page you find a selection of photographs from a series called "koh-i-noor montpelliérain" taken over multiple years and seasons, starting in late 2017.

Koh-I-Noor (Persian "Mountain of Light") is a residential project realized by architect Bernhard Bühler in a rapidly expanding district of Montpellier along the river le Lez (construction finished in October of 2017).

In the reflecting surfaces made from two-tone glass - mounted in resemblance of the crystallographic facets of a cut diamond - the nature and city around it is reflected in a fascinating combination, fluctuating from moment to moment, season to season. Every picture taken is unique.


 

koh-i-noor sur le lez I (2018)


 

  


 

koh-i-noor dans le lez I (2018)



 

 

koh-i-noor dans le lez II (2018)



  

 

koh-i-noor dans le lez III (2018)


 




© Harald Schmidt, 2023