Photography by Simon Gardiner

Simon Gardiner uses urban elements, cities and architecture as a source of inspiration for his images. He has a strong photography and works with a palette of gray which include green, brown and blue interesting. At other times, thanks to the kaleidoscopic images (with Vortography technique [*]), shows us new and interesting insights into our cities. His photographs emphasize dark vision of the city. Also interesting are his shots of people, the people of the city. Only architecture ... and people, real people. An amazing job!

"I like shooting streets. The streets are full of life with a story behind every street photo. The photographer captures the scene and the viewer discovers and interprets the story behind the shot. In addition to street shots I also take shots of strangers where I find out about my sitters and add info about them in my posts"

“I have always been drawn to architecture, being seduced by complex structures for a long time, going back to my time as a Fine Art student. It wasn’t until 2010 when I visited New York City that I realized what potential I could tap into regarding my own photography.  As a street photographer who fuses the street with a cinematic feel, the city and its architecture just blew me away. Recently I have just discovered the work of Kawahara Kazuhiko a Japanese Architect and photographer along with the Vortograph photography movement (1917).  Like me Kawahara Kazuhiko uses architecture and the city as a source of inspiration for his kaleidoscopic images”…

[*] Vortograph was the first completely abstract kind of photograph. It is composed of kaleidoscopic repetitions of forms achieved by photographing objects through a triangular arrangement of three mirrors. Alvin Langdon Coburn, a member of the Photo-Secession group and a pioneer in nonobjective photography, invented Vortography in 1917 and remained the principal advocate and practitioner of the technique.