Artist Statement

As a fine art architectural photographer, my work is centred on the purity of line, shape, and form. I am drawn to the clean, minimal aesthetics of contemporary architecture, where simplicity and precision converge to create spaces that are visually striking. My photography seeks to distill these elements, capturing the essence of structures through a lens that emphasises clarity, elegance and form.

Architecture is a celebration of geometry and proportion. In my photographs, I focus on the interplay of light and shadow, the harmony of lines, and the simplicity of forms. By isolating these elements, I aim to reveal the inherent beauty and balance in architectural design. Some of my work transforms buildings into abstract compositions and others focus in on mere shape, form and style, yet all invites viewers to appreciate the overwhelming artistry of design that can be found within.

Minimalism in architecture is not just an aesthetic choice; it is a philosophy that values simplicity, functionality, and the elimination of excess. In my photography, I strive to echo these principles. I am particularly fascinated by the ways in which light can sculpt and define spaces, highlighting the clean lines and geometric shapes that are central to my work. Each image is composed with a focus on precision and restraint, stripping away distractions to highlight the core architectural elements. This approach creates a visual clarity that draws attention to the intricate relationships between line, shape, and form. An exploration of how minimalism can evoke powerful emotional responses through sheer simplicity and elegance: how clean lines, simple shapes, and pure forms can create spaces that are both serene and dynamic.

Drawn to light yet darkness is always an accompaniment

Earth, Water and Air
Arguably the core building blocks for life. When I originally set out to try to record my vision for these basic elements, it didn’t take me long to soon realise that there are, like life, many distractions which come about unexpectedly to alter your view of what is in front of you and where you really find yourself. 

I attempt to strip back what you can see and limit your view to the key fundamentals of these elements – free of interference that inevitably carries our minds wandering toward another crossroads. Light and dark also have strong connections in many aspects of or lives – but here I want to leave these open to you. Darkness to many can be a forbidding and intimidating place, but it can also be a calming sedative. A simple place free of complication.

It really depends on our own inflection. 

Equally the air we need to continue on our journey, the fragility of such an intangible life-source – like light – that can dissipate on a whim. Yet the sounds of life leaving will always echo forever.

Concrete Cubism
The simplicity of shape and form is always more complicated than we initially give credit to. The many conditions that are required to be in place to help reveal one aspect are so fleeting that in the next moment they expose something else. The subtlety of movement may be so minute, yet the repercussions so immense. 

Concrete architecture of the past  – the aptly named brutalist – stemming from a rawness, serves as a solidifying ballast to many remaining structures. Their geometric shape and form appears to anchor with visual weight, but it is easy to forget the seemingly inconsequential and intangible elements that link this heaviness to help reveal a far more complex being.

Art Deco Miami
Art Deco architecture has become synonymous with Miami Beach. These images have been taken in a considered way, removing unnecessary and distracting contextual elements and focusing on the uniqueness of architecture to ensure that they retain their timeless quality – reflecting back to the wonder of the architecture when it was constructed in the 1930s. This helps showcase the the fine art imagery of the buildings that makes them so inimitable, both stylistically and architecturally. What makes them so distinctive to Miami Beach and so important to the Art Deco movement.

La Muralla Roja + Night and + Light 

In this project, I sought to capture the essence of the striking architecture of La Muralla Roja by Ricardo Bofill photographed with long exposures at night. The incredible lines and strong geometric shapes of the structure are transformed under the combination of the subtle nocturnal light and artificial illumination.

By day I wanted to focus in on a unique series of square format abstract images that accentuate the building’s clean, minimal lines and geometric shapes, I use low contrast to create a serene, dreamlike quality which also helps to accentuate the pastel tones despite the intensity of the sunlight.

Both sets of images invite the viewer to experience the elegance and precision of minimalism in this incredible architectural design.

30 Minutes at Bank

Bank, London

In the space of just thirty minutes, a single stretch of pavement becomes a stage. Commuters pass through in loose formation, repeating gestures and rhythms without awareness of one another. Their movement forms an unspoken choreography shaped by routine, architecture and the tempo of the city. By isolating and recomposing these fleeting trajectories, the work reveals patterns normally hidden within the rush of daily life. Each figure enters and exits like a performer, turning the familiar flow of passing strangers into a quiet, ever-shifting piece of urban theatre.

Bio

Antony Zacharias is a fine art photographer specializing in striking images of modernist architecture. He has also completed a series of low-key black and white images emphasizing the contrasting earth, water and  clouds in the landscape with his ‘earth + air’ and ‘water + air’ projects.

Antony is also an author, tutor and speaker. He is known for his books on photography including the seminal text on long exposure photography published by National Geographic and Ammonite Press and other texts covering various aspects of photography and his bestselling text The Minimalist Photographer published by Laurence King and translated into 7 languages.

Antony has won numerous awards for his photography including Architecture Photographer of the Year 2024 at the ND Awards and has twice been a shortlisted finalist in the Hasselblad Masters 2021 and 2023 Competitions.