The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) in Valencia, Spain, is an architectural and cultural complex designed primarily by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, who grew up in a Valencia suburb. It consists of a group of monumental civic buildings completed between 1996 and 2005. Although it has a deserved architectural reputation for its soaring lines and large-scale details, it has also been plagued with cost overruns, financial mismanagement and construction and maintenance challenges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences
The complex presents a fantastic project for architectural photography. I had less than two hours on a bright, sunny day to compile this overview. Were I had more, and with different types of light! The complex is also apparently dramatically lit at dusk and in the evenings. All the more reason to return. I shot with a 16-70mm zoom or an 8mm fisheye lens, everything handheld.
The complex presents a fantastic project for architectural photography. I had less than two hours on a bright, sunny day to compile this overview. Were I had more, and with different types of light! The complex is also apparently dramatically lit at dusk and in the evenings. All the more reason to return. I shot with a 16-70mm zoom or an 8mm fisheye lens, everything handheld.
Distortion from an 8mm lens
Distortion from an 8mm lens
Distortion from an 8mm lens
Distortion from an 8mm lens
Distortion from an 8mm lens
© Eric Lassiter