2024-04-28T13:51:15-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/142823587/architecture-in-the-age-of-photoshop Nicholas Korody 2015-12-07T14:00:00-05:00 >2019-01-05T12:31:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5chjtxiaf5bfjnwm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Architectural photography is supposed to be different from the airbrushed images of nude women that are about to disappear from the centerfold of Playboy magazine. But what if an edited photograph of a building doesn't just crop out visual clutter like street lights but alters the contours of the building itself? What should we think about an architectural award that was bestowed on the basis of such a doctored image?</p></em><br /><br /><p>In his column, Kamin scrutinizes the recent awarding of an honor award to El Centro, a building designed by Juan Moreno, by the Chicago branch of the AIA. Apparently, the architects provided the jurors with a photoshopped image of the building, notably erasing the clunky air circulation machines that crowd its roof and disturb its silhouette. With its regional awards, the AIA, unlike the Pritzker and other awards, does not mandate <em>in situ</em> inspection by jurors &ndash; or at least, up to now.<br><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/mo/mot9zveq0opcpzhp.jpg"></p>