Because the COVID-19 pandemic turned bustling cities into ghost cities, Dallas-based photographer Nikola Olic took benefit of the silence to immerse himself in his hometown and its structure. The result’s a collection of pictures during which the principles, traces and shapes of structure come into intense focus.
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Summary architectural images
“Void of individuals, motion and distractions, my pictures give attention to the architectural and poetic essence of the topics in a museum-like state of silence, solitude and contemplation. That is each a soothing treatment to the unusual COVID world all of us at the moment share, in addition to a reminder of its heaviness and visible energy,” Nikola Olic says.
Born and raised in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (modern-day Serbia), Nikola Olic lives and works in Dallas, Texas. As an architectural photographer, he focuses on summary structural compositions that reimagine their topics in playful, dimensionless and disorienting methods. His mind-bending compositions have appeared in varied galleries, public areas, artwork occasions, museums, and in publications together with the New York Times, Wired, and the Guardian.
“Blue Rectangle” on the Waterside Plaza buildings, shot by Nikola Olic earlier than the pandemic in New … [+]
Each new metropolis is an thrilling alternative
Influenced by his mother and father, each of whom labored for Yugoslav Airways, Nikola Olic has traveled extensively, all the time looking for out fascinating topics on his journeys.
“With an affordable digicam that may final the complete day, and with Google Maps in my pocket, each metropolis is an thrilling alternative to discover, stroll, and create,” he says.
This modified in 2020, when Nikola Olic as a substitute started scrutinizing the unusual silence that had fallen upon his hometown.
“Weeping Home windows”, in Park Güell, shot by Nikola Olic earlier than the pandemic in Barcelona, Spain.
“The pandemic restricted my journey choices to Dallas and the encompassing cities, but it surely additionally made Dallas simpler to stroll round and take up, in its new-found silence,” continues Nikola Olic, including that with fewer folks on the streets, fewer automobiles on the roads, and fewer questions on why he was taking pictures of buildings, 2020 turned a surprisingly fulfilling 12 months from a inventive viewpoint.
This can be a collection of Nikola Olic’s images, shot in Dallas in the course of the pandemic:
“Unwrapping The Sky”: Dallas, April 25, 2020
Unwrapping The Sky.
Nikola Olic: In the midst of downtown Dallas, proper in entrance of the Dallas Museum of Art, an workplace constructing and a storage subsequent to it add dramatic distinction and brightness to the Texas sky.
“Curved Reflection”: Dallas, July 17, 2020
Curved Reflection.
NO: A brand new park, previous buildings, and a variety of metallic, colourful reflections, earthy colours and tones.
“Inexperienced Gate”: Dallas, July 26, 2020
Inexperienced Gate.
NO: Shades of curved gradient whites and crisp darkish greens, displaying a brand new path beneath Freeway 30.
The Phantom Of The Opera.
“The Phantom Of The Opera”: Dallas, August 21, 2020
NO: Years within the making, shadows and lightweight and structure and angles seem, whereas kneeling on the bottom midway between good espresso and nice opera.
Below The Bridge
“Below The Bridge”: Dallas, October 31, 2020
NO: On the intersection of two highways and the Trinity River, Dallas structure may be simply framed with nothing however Dallas itself.
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