Al Hamra Tower. Photo © Nick Merrick | Hedrich Blessing
“Don’t make photographs, think them.” This pronouncement by Ken Hedrich became the motto of the firm and marked the way its photographers approached composition, lighting and capturing specific moods. Unconventional perspectives, original composition, and dramatic lighting are some of the hallmarks of the studio’s work, for which they have become highly regarded among modern architects. Some of the iconic buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eliel Saarinen, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, I.M. Pei, and many others have been popularized through Hedrich Blessing’s distinct photographic oeuvre.