2024-05-04T03:48:15-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/39470737/editor-s-picks-252 Nam Henderson 2012-02-27T11:50:00-05:00 >2012-02-28T15:59:17-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mm/mmzeheistmbuym10.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Architect Michael Graves considers the Portland Building one of his top achievements even though the building is still controversial. mdler thinks "this thing is a POS" and elletoman commented "gross". Donna Sink disagreed arguing "I love the Portland building and most important I love that this building happened.</p></em><br /><br /><p> For the latest Showcase Archinect <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/38879033/in-focus-sam-javanrouh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">talked to Iranian-Canadian creative director and photographer Sam Javanrouh</a>. He&nbsp;provided two images of Daniel Libeskind's Crystal for the Royal Ontario Museum; one titled Jumping Girl, the other portrays the space without people. So we asked, him "<em>What are your thoughts about including people in your photos? Is it important to photograph a building in use, or by itself?</em>" and he replied "<em>It really depends on the subject and the mood I'm trying to convey. Sometimes showing a structure alone with nothing else to distract is most powerful, and sometimes including people in the shot is what makes the photo. A good example of that is the Jumping Girl photo that I shot in ROM's Crystal. I have a photo of the same exact interior with no people in it, and it has a completely different feeling and it doesn't have the same energy. If I have the luxury of shooting the photos with and without people and choosing later I try to do that.</em>"</p> <p> For <strong>CONTOURS</strong>: <a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/20580749/sherin-wing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherin ...</a></p>