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The Test of Time Awards07.26 / The Architecture of Intuition10.21 / Visual weight07.20 / Thames during Lockdown05.20 / #onephotochallenge05.20 / The Original and the Copy02.20 / Up and Down09.19 / Watching Paint Dry06.19 / Gathering Light04.19 / Signs of Life03.19 / The (un)Illuminated River03.19 / Architectural Photography Awards 201810.18 / The Colour of Water05.17 / Take it as it comes01.17 / Made of Light Too website launched01.17 / Where is Everybody?11.16 / Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards10.16 / Appropriate Light, Serpentine Pavilion10.16 / No Drama10.16 / Every Day is a Good Day09.16 / Sunset + 20 minutes09.16 / Appropriate Light, Turner Contemporary Margate08.16 / In Context04.16 / Fuzzy Boundaries03.16 / Is it possible to photograph the lights going on and off?07.15 / Feature in Lighting04.15 / Restoring the Light04.15 / Waiting for a Solar Eclipse03.15 / In Praise of Darkness10.14 / Creative Review Award11.13 / Nocturnal Change06.13 / The Logistics of Space05.13 /
The Test of Time Awards07.26 / The Architecture of Intuition10.21 / Visual weight07.20 / Thames during Lockdown05.20 / #onephotochallenge05.20 / The Original and the Copy02.20 / Up and Down09.19 / Watching Paint Dry06.19 / Gathering Light04.19 / Signs of Life03.19 / The (un)Illuminated River03.19 / Architectural Photography Awards 201810.18 / The Colour of Water05.17 / Take it as it comes01.17 / Made of Light Too website launched01.17 / Where is Everybody?11.16 / Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards10.16 / Appropriate Light, Serpentine Pavilion10.16 / No Drama10.16 / Every Day is a Good Day09.16 / Sunset + 20 minutes09.16 / Appropriate Light, Turner Contemporary Margate08.16 / In Context04.16 / Fuzzy Boundaries03.16 / Is it possible to photograph the lights going on and off?07.15 / Feature in Lighting04.15 / Restoring the Light04.15 / Waiting for a Solar Eclipse03.15 / In Praise of Darkness10.14 / Creative Review Award11.13 / Nocturnal Change06.13 / The Logistics of Space05.13 /
The Logistics of Space 05.13
Simply put, this was a wonderful space to be in and photograph. It provides a good example of architecture, lighting and photography working together to achieve the same goal, definition of space. Whilst it is the surfaces that are visible, it is the atmosphere that needs to be seen and felt within the images. From the vast to the intimate, whilst the camera never moves it seems to photograph a different space in each of the images.
The modernist church at Worth Abbey in West Sussex has a busy and varied schedule. Recently refurbished by a design team led by Heatherwick Studio and supported by DPA Lighting, Francis Pollen’s Grade II* listed building has to cater for many uses at all times of day and night.
The improved lighting was crucial to the success of the project and the monks had requested a flexible control system that catered for their diverse needs. ‘Invisible’ but multi layered, the lighting design allows the mood of the space to be completely and dramatically transformed according to the time of year, the time of day, the number of people present and the requirements of each individual service.
From the 900 strong congregation on Christmas morning to the lone monk at midnight, the space changes in use, mood and appearance and it is this that the photographs needed to capture.
06:20 – 06:50 Vigils
06:50 – 07:30 Personal Prayer
07:30 – 07:55 Morning Prayer
08:00 – 08:25 Mass in the Ladychapel
13:00 – 13:10 Midday Prayer
17:30 – 18:10 Community Concelebrated Mass
18:10 – 18:45 Personal Prayer
18:45 – 19:10 Evening Prayer
21:00 – 21:10 Night Prayer
21:10 – 06:00 Night Meditation