Daily Dose 1860

Timothy Hursley

Daily Dose Monographic Images 1860 | Timothy Hursley - Architecture Retrospecitve " Cedar Pasori : What were the first architectural photographs that moved you and made you want to get into this genre of photography? Timothy Hursley : The first one was Edward Steichen’s photograph of New York’s Flatiron Building in the rain and fog with transparent winter trees. It has a magical quality that made a deep, deep impression on me. Pasori : You had a fruitful apprenticeship early in your career. Did you ever consider another career path, or did that job reassure you to continue? Hursley : At the time of my first apprenticeship, I was 16 years old and still in high school. I accepted a job doing yard work for the Hungarian architectural photographer, Balthazar Korab. Eventually, I was brought into the studio, which was in an old barn at his home in the suburbs of Detroit. While all of my high school friends went off to universities, I stayed in Detroit and learned about photography and architects with Korab. I really had no concept of being in college and didn’t keep in touch with my former classmates. Slowly I developed an interest in photography. I never considered anything else." Timothy Hursley in conversation with Cedar Pasori for Interview Magazine, May 18, 2017. Images from Series Architecture Retrospecitve, via timothyhursley.com. First photograph: Edward Steichen, Flatiron Building, New York, 1904