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Feb 2019
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018: Architectural Photography

BOB BORSON AND ANDREW HAWKINS
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Architecture and photography have a symbiotic relationship with one another and every architect knows that a picture is worth a 1,000 words. For today's episode, Andrew and I sit down with photographer Poul Ober to discuss the role photography plays in telling an architectural story, as well as the evolving impact photography is having on popular culture. 
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