Sentences with phrase «familiar architectural landmarks»

Eschewing the taut focus he used to seemingly resuscitate waxworks in his series of uncanny historical portraits, Hiroshi Sugimoto trained a loosened lens on familiar architectural landmarks, from Le Corbusier's Notre - Dame at Ronchamps to the MCA building itself, to offer a portentous glimpse of our surroundings, as the artist puts it, «after the end of the world.»