Infrared Architecture Photography

A city is a wilderness of another kind. Skyscrapers substitute for towering redwoods and borrow their geometry, literally, from the measurements of the earth.

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A skyscraper's unusual angles undulate, reflecting a sunset in shades of cherry red .
Cherry Twist
An angular skyscraper brightly reflects a misty blue sky with soft pink clouds.
Diamond
The interplay of light and shadow across one building reflecting another is emphasized in a black-and-white rendering.
Watery Reflection
Two tall buildings in black silhouette, with a daytime half moon hovering between them.
Hello, Moon
In black-and-white, a misty sunset glow emerges from between two silhouetted skyscrapers in San Francisco, California.
Misty City Sunset
Looking straight up the side of a skyscraper that seems to be made of solid gold.
Gold Tower
Standing on a corner in San Francisco's Financial District, we look skyward to the near-convergence of several skyscrapers and muni cables.
Tension Cables
A skyscraper with highly unusual angles emulates ocean waves.
Gentle Waves
Looking up at a black-and-white skyscraper shaped like a series of deep V angles moving off into the distance.
Ladder
Standing very close to the side of a skyscraper and looking up, its reflective surface and multifaceted surface call to mind a long launch chute.
Launch Chute
A ground-level look at the swooping curves of Lombard Street in San Francisco, illuminated by late-day sun.
Lombard Street
A black-and-white, motion-blurred historic San Francisco streetcar departs the station.
Pacific Electric F Line
The brick arch of an historic military base forms a window out onto the steel lattice undercarriage of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Third System