Iwan Baan (born February 8, 1975, in
Alkmaar)[1] is a Dutch
photographer. He has challenged a long-standing tradition of depicting buildings as isolated and static by representing people in architecture and showing the building's environment,[2] trying "to produce more of a story or a feel for a project"[3] and "to communicate how people use the space".[4] He has photographed buildings by many of the world's most prominent architects, including
Rem Koolhaas[5] and
Toyo Ito.[2] He is "one of the most widely published" photographers in the world.[6][7] His candid "polysemic shots"[8] have been compared to the work of
Diane Arbus.[9]
In 2010, he won the first annual
Julius Shulman Photography Award, named after the most famous architectural photographer of the 20th century.[10]
At the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale he received the Golden Lion for Best Installation. In 2012, he took the image of Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy that made the cover of
New York City magazine—showing light above 42nd St. and darkness below that line—illustrating vividly the storm's disparate impact. It was later turned into a limited edition print sold to benefit Sandy's victims. In April 2016, Baan received the AIA New York's Stephen A. Kliment Oculus Award.[11]
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abChessa, Milena (March 10, 2011).
"La " planète-architecture " photographiée par Iwan Baan". Le Moniteur (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2011. Son travail est caractérisé par la représentation des gens dans l'architecture, le contexte, la société et l'environnement autour de l'édifice.
^"Iwan Baan". Icon Magazine. January 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
^Ciuffi, Valentina. "Iwan Baan in mostra a Villa Noailles". Corriere della Sera/Abitare (in Italian). Le sue foto sono quelle che con maggior successo raccolgono i migliori slanci dell'architetuttura di questi anni. Super-informato su quel che accade sulla scena, Iwan Baan è spesso il primo a raccontare i progetti degli architetti più noti, e anche quando così non è, le sue prospettive inedite sui progetti vincono sul maggior tempismo di altri
^"5 Things To Do This Week". The Architects' Journal. November 27, 2008. Archived from
the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2011. Haunting architectural photography