"Many people see buildings are merely functional things, designed for living, working, shipping or playing in, but to me, they can be a part of the experience rather than just a container. Learning to look at them with a photographer`s eye has helped me to appreciate architecture as an art, not just a trade, and by expressing myself in these photographs I can hopefully share some of that feeling with the viewer. "Nick finds the mixed perceptions of the Brutalist movement to be a personal challenge, what many critics find to be “ugly” architecture, he uses as inspiration to create beautiful imagery. Shooting this architecture exclusively in black and white, Miner pushes the contrast too high levels, transforming these rough details into dynamic patterned imagery.
With everyone professing to be a ‘photographer’ these days, as we snap away on our phones and tweak our shots with filters on Instagram, it’s hugely refreshing to be showcasing a real live ‘proper’ professional photographer who takes brilliant landscape and architectural pictures. Nick Miners, our ‘Artist of the Month’, is constantly in search of the elusive perfect photo (which he’s convinced is hiding in Iceland), but, despite knowing that it probably doesn't exist, his work is simply stunning. On several occasions, we have commissioned Nick to document our finished workplace design projects, such as St Mary’s Axe, SEB, and Minster Court and we’ve been delighted with the results - Liz Brewer.
"Nick has a wonderful eye for detail and an ability to create simple yet striking compositions. His aerial photographs of Icelandic landscapes have an other-worldly quality, while his shots of the architecture of Watford find beauty in the mundane and ‘ugly’."
I really like Nick's technique and pictures. Especially the black and white ones have something in them. Sam also prefers black-and-white photos, it's not always what everyone likes. In his works, the pictures of the building look amazing. I really have a good eye. I think you can learn a lot from it. If he had a workshop I'd like to sign up and meet him in person, maybe he could tell me more.
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