MODERN BUILDINGS only look good in photographs

 
There is something about light. The light in some places in the world is more contrasty such that the visual effect is more 'photographic' in the sense that photographs are more contrasty than true vision. I would say this about Madrid where modern buildings look better than they do in Rome and one of the factors I'm sure is the quality of the light which, in Madrid, shows things in sharper focus, the air being clearer.

The photograph eliminates the third dimension, so what is an invasion of a crude form into the senses becomes a pleasant graphic pattern of shaded planes in a flat photograph. This means that a modern building with all its simplistics at least photographs well.

This is how our perceptions about architectural beauty has been influenced by the power of photography and the associated practice of making motion pictures. We think we want a building to be visually spectacular but seldom ask why? There is no answer, only this >>>>>