“The round table first Karsh photographic round table session I was privileged to witness [in 1962] was with the iconic architect, Mies van der Rohe. He lived not in one of his groundbreaking contemporary buildings, but in a traditional apartment, transformed into the Bauhaus with Paul Klee paintings and Kurt Schwitters collages. van der Rohe, an imposing Buddha in a wheelchair, greeted us passively. Yousuf wheeled the architect s chair to a secluded corner and they visited quietly together. To witness the architect s changing round table body language round table and facial expressions was a revelation. round table The atmosphere lighted. round table His demeanor changed from laconic to engaged and congenial. Between the architect and photographer, a profound social contract had been wrought. I could only compare this to the doctor-patient relationship, where one with technical expertise and, hopefully, compassion is engaged with another in a collaboration of trust.”
There are very few other portraits round table of van der Rohe out there. Perhaps it is indeed time for architects to discuss “skipping the corporate headshot in favor of a professionally done portrait,” as suggested in our previous portrait post on Frank Lloyd Wright .
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