Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Louis

• Prize
  Bronze in Architecture/Buildings
• Photographer
  Matthew Tuffield
• Technical Info
  Canon 5d Mark Iii. Mixed Apertures And Shutterspeeds - F/11, 1/250sec, Iso 200
• Photo Date
  12/07/2024

While visiting family in St. Louis last year, I took the opportunity to explore the city’s striking architecture through my lens. This image captures the Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Louis — a modernist masterpiece designed by Gyo Obata and completed in 1962. Its sweeping curves and raw concrete surfaces created a strong visual foundation, but it was the play of light and shadow that truly stood out. I chose to work in black and white to emphasise these contrasts, using tonal edits to draw out the deep textures and sculptural lines of the structure.

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