Andrew Moore
To Andrew Moore, large-scale architectural photography is about much more than documenting the beauty or ugliness of a particular building. The photography is about exploring the life and soul of a society that is reflected in its buildings. After graduating from Princeton in 1979, Moore developed a signature approach to architectural photography with his use of a large format lexicon, shooting with an 8-by-10 camera and printing the resulting photographs in sizes that range from 30 by 40 inches to 50 by 60 inches. Much of Moore's early work focused on New York, ranging from the old 42nd Street theatres, to the "Octagon", the asylum for the mentally ill on Roosevelt Island. In 2000, Moore exhibited a series of prints taken in Havana, which documented the complex interaction between the lives of Cubans with the beautiful and colorful, but decaying, architecture of the city. A 2003 series of photographs about post-Soviet St. Petersburg showed the traces left by the progression of Russian history in buildings and public spaces. Andrew Moore's work is not limited to still photography: in 2002, he was both producer and cinematographer for How To Draw a Bunny, a documentary on mail artist Ray Johnson.
