Architecture Skins

• Photographer
  Theo Michael
• Agency / Studio
  Wallsaway
• Technical Info
  Fujifilm XT5, XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR lens. Edited in CaptureOne. ISO 250-640, f4-5, 1/20s to 1/210s
• Website
  https://www.wallsaway.com/theo-michael

Architectural Skin explores the surfaces of urban structures—where texture, light, and reflection transform façades into abstract expressions. This series reveals architecture as a living form, its surfaces layered, tactile, and quietly emotional.

• Biography
  I am Theo Michael, a self-taught photographer based in Paris. My practice explores the relationship between people and the architectural spaces they inhabit. Every space carries an intention. Architecture draws lines, directs movement, and suggests how we should inhabit it. that intention encounters something it cannot entirely control: the individual. I photograph people as they move, resist or simply coexist with the structures around them. They are fragments of moments, leaving what happened before and what might happen next unresolved.
• Awards
  AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 2026 - Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) – Gold Award in the Fine Art Minimalism category - International Photography Awards – Honorable Mentions in Fine Art Minimalism and Fine Art Abstract - Urban Photo Awards – Semi-Finalist in the Street and Creative categories + Selection in the Space category - Monovision Photography Awards – Honorable Mentions in the Fine Art and Street Photography categories - Exposure One Awards – Gold Award & People's Choice Award in the Aerial category - FotoSolvo – Honorable Mention in the Street Photography and Fine Art categories Black & White International Photo Awards — Honorable Mention in the Minimalist category 2025 - Tokyo International Foto Awards — Honorable Mention in the Architecture category - Paris International Street Photo Awards — Honorable Mention in the Street & Architecture category - Urban Photo Awards — Semi-Finalist in the Space category - Black & White International Photo Awards — Honorable Mention in the Landscape category 2024 - Paris International Street Photo Awards — Honorable Mention in the Street and Architecture category - Urban Photo Awards — Official Selection and exhibition EXHIBITIONS - Gallerie 24b — Paris (2026) — Group exhibition organized by the Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) - Kapnergostasio — Athens (2026) — Group exhibition organized by FotoSolvo - Dusk Gallery — San Francisco (2026) - ArtMajeur — Paris (2026). Selected artwork for the official ArtMajeur exhibition at VivaTech 2026 (Paris) - One Art Space — New York (2026) - Galerie Joseph — Paris (2025) - Espace Cinko — Paris (2025) - Atelier Véron — Paris (2025)