Join us for a lecture by architectural photographer Nikola Olić as part of our programming for the RIBA Photo Festival 2023.
Following the lecture, Nikola Olic will be joined for an in-conversation session with noted photography curator and author William Ewing.
The unmanipulated and un-staged photography of Nikola Olić seeks poetry and portraiture in architecture and is seen as a sculptural study of the modern everyday. It is offered as a shared public experience and a poetic connection between architecture and pure photography.
Expanding on the grammar of both classic and commercial architectural photography, architecture is interpreted as intimate portraits of contemporary monuments, providing a precisionist framework for architecture's infinite visual possibilities and diverse and complex intents.
About the speaker
Nikola Olić (born in 1974 in the former Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-American photographer based in Dallas, Texas.
His photographs have been published internationally and were most recently exclusively used to launch the New York Times Architectural Quiz series. Nikola is among 30 photographers included in the UK's 2023 Aesthetica Art Prize.
The RIBA Photo Festival celebrates the photography of the built environment in its many forms.
Throughout the festival, there will be opportunities for discussions and debate on the significance of this medium and its future in the digital age.
