The result is a haunting new look for the ‘City of Gold. “I create shadows where there was nothing before and I create light where there were only dark gray tones.” “I spend a lot of time in altering tonal relationships in my photos by making white what once was black and vice versa,” the photographer says. Color and tone are at the heart of this process. Simplicity is also maintained in composition of a shot, the photographer says, keeping the frame uncluttered for a “clean, smooth, and relaxing feel.” He uses long exposure to heighten this effect.īut what Sasidharan calls his most important work happens in post-production, with the finessing of images into fine art prints. “There is so much beauty in the simplicity of using just monotones.” World Trade Center: Visible behind the camel, Dubai's first skyscraper was the World Trade Center which, when it was built in 1979, was the tallest building in the Middle East. Shooting in black-and-white is key to this ambition, which lends an image “something mysterious, nostalgic, and dramatic,” says Sasidharan. The photographer says he aims to give viewers a fresh perspective on a city and its architecture, even with a subject as familiar as Dubai. Summit of the Burj Khalifa - the tallest building in the world at just under 830 meters. Sasidharan navigated this problem by shooting the tower from long range, or through artful framing of the summit. The latter presented a particular challenge as the tallest building in the world is naturally difficult to capture in its entirety.
In this series, the photographer takes on many of the city’s most iconic landmarks from the futuristic Emirates Towers – seen shrouded in mist – to the Meydan Bridge, and the mighty Burj Khalifa skyscraper.
As long as it is eye-catching it seems that anything goes, from the sublime to the outrageous, and sometimes a combination of the two.” “Dubai is one of only a few locations worldwide where iconic architecture is not only encouraged, but actively pursued. “When I look at a building as a subject I seek out shapes, lines, patterns, silhouettes, textures and try to find a rhythm in the structure,” he says.
Sasidharan is drawn to shooting architecture above other subjects, and he finds Dubai an ideal setting.
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