Building X
Sometimes a photograph is not about a pretty smile a sunset or one of those surreal frozen water landscapes. A photo can be a story encapsulated in a frame or a series of frames. The photo below is my lab space in Architecture School. Nothing contrived, the wire spool table, coffee maker and state of the art sound system were simply the results of students using what was at hand. This space was housed in Building X. There was no sign that told you what this building was and it was not labeled on the campus map. The joke was that you could find a honest man before you found Building X.
The quality is not so hot because this is a photo of a photo. The original is much better but it won’t tell you any more of the story. I will do a proper scan and print but the importance is in the little slice of college life. It was in this room that I learned many important lessons that I still use today some thirty years later. Whether its on the back of an envelope or fine linen stationery it is the results that count.
