The latest Serpentine Pavilion, photographed by John Offenbach, looks like a life-size, brightly colored magic cocoon

07/23/2015 – 7:58 am

The Serpentine Galleries are currently celebrating the 15th anniversary of their pavilion commission, whereby some of the world’s greatest architects design and build a temporary structure for the Serpentine’s lawn in London’s Kensington Gardens. Zahad Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, and Frank Gehry are among the greats who have designed a Serpentine Pavilion, and the […]

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John Offenbach photographs the new Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Smiljan Radić

07/14/2014 – 2:53 pm

Each year since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London commissions a top architect to create a temporary pavilion on its grounds in the city’s Kensington area. And many of those years, John Offenbach has photographed in and around the pavilions both to showcase their architecture and to communicate the experience of interacting with them. This […]

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John Offenbach photographs Zaha Hadid’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London

09/30/2013 – 1:19 pm

The Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by famed architect Zaha Hadid, opened last week in London, and the gallery asked John Offenbach to document the event. The gallery is housed in what was a gunpowder store in the early 1800s and is located a short walk from the Serpentine Gallery. John also shot installation images of […]

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New work: John Offenbach photographs the latest Serpentine Pavilion

06/29/2011 – 11:57 am

The latest Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, commissioned each year by London’s Serpentine Gallery for summertime installation in Hyde Park, has just made its debut. A review in the U.K.’s Telegraph describes the structure, conceived by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor, as “a garden within a garden.” “From the outside, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s pavilion is a […]

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Spotlight: John Offenbach

06/03/2011 – 3:35 pm

John Offenbach is an award-winning editorial and advertising photographer whose images are often unfussy, tranquil, and dreamy. “I think of my pictures as having a light touch,” says John. “You could say they are considered, as opposed to snapped.” John has been shooting Travelers Insurance campaigns for a number of years for Fallon, Minneapolis, and […]

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Summarizing your photography in two words

04/06/2011 – 10:25 am

. In a recent interview with John Offenbach, Feature Shoot asked the photographer—whose portfolio spans architecture, landscapes, automotive, portraits, still life, and conceptual—to describe his work. His response? “Tidy, ordered.” Two words that say it all. That’s not easy to do. Hot Shoe magazine’s blog has devoted a whole post today to artist statements and […]

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Making waves: John Offenbach to document undulating pavilion for London’s Serpentine Gallery

06/01/2009 – 11:54 am

Every year since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London has invited a distinguished architect to design a pavilion for its lawn, and the resulting stricture has almost always inspired debate—not just among arbiters of architecture and design but also among the locals. The Serpentine is in Hyde Park, in the center of the city, and […]

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