Brad feinknopf biography

One Photographer’s Journey



Instagram is the weirdest of mediums, alliances are formed, interests shared and unseen friends made. It’s a place to learn about the art of photography.

 

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

 

I ‘met’ Boris Feldblyum, a gifted professional architectural photographer through his Instagram @boris.feldblyum, drawn by my fascination for Modernism, for Constructivist architecture and design, concrete buildings and Brutalism.

Here’s proof that Instagram isn’t always about self-indulgence, or of hashtagging a name in the vain hope of becoming an ‘influencer.’ There’s another layer, it’s about the sharing of knowledge and skills.

Boris, now a Washington-based architectural photographer is from what was known once as the Soviet Union. He was born in Ukraine, went to college in Russia proper, and lived in Lithuania for a few years before emigrating to America. What led him to photography as a career was a childhood passion for collecting postcards of pre-revolutionary provincial Russian towns. Boris started collecting when he was a boy in the USSR.

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Architectural Photographers: Brad Feinknopf

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It’s been a while since the last Architecture photographer we featured here in ArchDaily, but we are back presenting one of the most experienced photographers in North America: Brad Feinknof.

As he states, his passion for photographing architecture stems directly from the influence of his grandfather and father, both successful architects practicing in Columbus, Ohio. He has personally been shooting photography for over 20 years, since graduating from Cornell University with his undergraduate degree in Design. Brad went on to spend his post-collegiate years in New York City assisting prominent photographers Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arnold Newman and Joyce Tenneson. Today, many of the ideals Brad obtained from his New York experience carry over to his clients; — the consistent pursuit of perfection, extreme attention to detail, uncompromised professionalism and the utmost quality in service.

Following his return t

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