sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘concrete lineup’
all images © sebastian weiss

 

 

 

sebastian weiss is a german architectural photographer particularly fascinated by the aesthetics of construction, architecture, and their shapes. to him, every building has its own language, and within that, an elaborate and expressive vocabulary. within the countless languages, weiss searches for the best words, the most poignant letters. through abstraction even the largest buildings can be simplified to their clearest forms and structures. selecting only the essence, the forms are freed from their spatial context and surroundings; from there, they become something else entirely.

sebastian weiss urban shapes designboom
‘with a view’

sebastian weiss urban shapes designboom
‘autumn’ 

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘out of office’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘metropolis’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘finnish shapes’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘whale watching’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘after the rain’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘ocean view’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘flowing light’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
’embedded face’

sebastian weiss searches for the essence of the city with urban shapes
‘beauty and the beast’

 

 

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