Larung Gar Hillside Homes Black and White Architectural Photography
Close Rooflines and Repeated Windows Fill the Frame
The density of Larung Gar was difficult to take in at once. I photographed this hillside settlement in China in black and white, bringing the closely arranged buildings into a frame almost entirely filled with roofs and windows. What first held my attention was the repetition, then the small differences that appeared as I looked longer.
Rows of windows recur across the scene, but the buildings do not settle into a single grid. Some fronts project farther than others, roof edges meet at changing angles, and narrow gaps reveal parts of the hillside between them. I wanted to keep that irregularity. It gives the photograph a rhythm without turning the settlement into a uniform pattern. The light catches pale window frames and trim, while darker walls and shadowed spaces keep each section readable.
The close composition leaves out the sky and most of the surrounding landscape. That choice brings attention to the scale of the architecture itself: small structures gathered into a much larger whole. I can follow one facade for a moment, then lose it among the neighbouring roofs. The monochrome tones help me move between those two ways of seeing, from individual details to the density of the entire view. For me, that is what the photograph holds from the encounter: a hillside where the arrangement of many buildings becomes a compelling visual structure of its own.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2015
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