Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age

From the skyscrapers of NYC to a bridge over the Yangtze River, 18 photographers explore our relationship with manmade structures

In a new exhibition at London’s Barbican art gallery, the enduring and fascinating relationship between photography and architecture is explored through the works of 18 photographers. The images on display show a wide variety of manmade landscapes: the bright lights of newly built New York skyscrapers—seen from above—illuminate the night sky, creating one of the many iconic images that have come to cement the city’s …