Jess Dowson

m.arch | photographer | lecturer

Europe in May - Kraków

May 8, 2023

The first day in Kraków was rather damp, although this fortunately still provided opportunity for some rather atmospheric shots. I can’t help but notice however the stark contrast between the photography I did in Berlin with that I did in Kraków – evidently the latter was less experimental. Is this a bad thing?

Bruges [3/3]

I decided to have a walk around after dinner on a couple of the nights I was there, and was rewarded with some beautifully haunting medieval scenes. However, two of my favourite moments were finding a spotlight and having some fun with

Bruges [2/3]

The old historic (UNESCO) centre was undeniably picturesque, and despite being quite busy, so long as you were content with exploring and wandering, you could easily find moments of peace.

I think it is also worth pointing out (even i

Bruges [1/3]

Whilst the weather was mainly dull, I had some fun at various points looking at the details of things, or using a gate keyhole as an impromptu pinhole viewer. There was also a type of green metal chair that was ubiquitous... evidently t

A selection of trials and experiments, especially in high contrast photos, taken along the South Bank in London at the end of September.

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A selection of photos taken during the tour of the Cockpit Deptford, organised by the @londonsociety1912 and shepherded by Oliver Cooke of @cookefawcett and Jonathan Burton @cockpitstudios.

As you can probably tell, I rather enjoy the dramatic high

Switched from bnw to colour processing for most of these shots, as I preferred the vivid "classic negative" fujifilm filter for these in the end. However, I felt the acros+ filter works better for the crowd shot as the clothes were just too

Open House Round #1:

Last weekend I endeavoured to make the most of the Open House programme run by @opencity_uk, signing up to a tour of Bradbury Works by @ynstudioarchitects. It was lovely seeing it completed in the flesh after first being introdu

Going through a "don't quite know what I'm doing phase". I'm putting these down to scratching a path/grid itch related to architectural design. I think I want to start overlaying similar photos and these to see what happens, although I'm eq

Some more photographs in a slightly imposing/menacing style of the skyscrapers around the City of London.

The first of the set I particularly like.

There may well be a lull in posts again whilst I decide on where to focus my photographic subsequen

This final shot from my few days in Prague was taken in a courtyard off of, somewhere. All I can say is that I enjoy the detail and framing. Nothing particularly special about the courtyard, or the structure, I just enjoy the detail and framing.

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The so called 'New Stage of the National Theatre' offers some impressive translucent cladding, and I decided to take some skyward detail shots for reference. I especially enjoy the diagonal ripple/wave pattern on the corner. These were also taken wit

I'll admit, I probably did not take the most pleasant route to the Žižkov Television Tower that I could have possibly done. However, I did stumble upon a decent coffee shop along the way that did a great ham & cheese sandwich (it was much needed

This photo of a curved glass rooflight was taken looking straight up within one of the older (art-deco?) arcades dotted around Prague. Why? I find it kinda mesmerising.

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This particular building was designed by @zahahadidarchitects working with @jakub_cigler_architekti and I thoroughly enjoyed playing with various approaches to contrast in digitally developing the first two images. The lighting on those couple of day

I took the opportunity to visit Prague at the beginning of June, and despite the temperature being rather toastie (around 29C for the entire week), I am glad that I did as Prague is a truly beautiful city.

As is normal for a city break, I ended up d

Third of a set of studies of the City of London a.k.a Square Mile, taken between late April + mid May 2024. [3/3]

Continuing from the earlier mention of shifting perspective and ground planes; I feel that this first photo of the side of The Leadenha

Second of a set of studies of the City of London a.k.a Square Mile, taken between late April + mid May 2024. [2/3]

This set focuses on the Lloyd's Building, designed by the Chris Wilkinson, Graham Stirk, Ivan Harbour, John McAslan, Peter St. John, R

First of a set of studies of the City of London a.k.a Square Mile, taken between late April + mid May 2024. [1/3]

I first started investigating perspective shots looking straight up during my trips to the Barbican last year, and later with some init

A slightly damp day in London in March, with parts of the City obscured behind cloud. That low cloud effect in London always reminds me of Hong Kong. (3/3)

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A slightly damp day in London in March. (2/3)

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