There is no doubting the enduring power of Bert Mason’s blitz image of St. Paul’s and its distinctive dome emerging from the smoke. This particular picture has been one of the most reproduced images of the twentieth century. It shows the evocative impact of such pictures, the people wanted the building to stand proud against tyranny and this emotion was admirably captured in this image. They identified their suffering with this photograph, depicting the survival of their magnificent and defiant Cathedral against the mass of bombs as an omen and symbol of hope for the future. The public associated the photograph with their indomitable spirit in defiance of aggression.

Conclusion
For a fine art architectural photographer the acceptance …show more content…
Architectural images, initially, as drawings or latterly as photographs, have become accepted as fine art because of the strong emotions associated with the image, sometimes negatively, they provoke in the viewer. In the first chapter I have argued that the drawings of beautiful buildings were themselves works of art in their own right mainly as a result of the skills and imaginations of the artists, designers and architects who prepared them.
Architecture as a artistic genre has a connection with people’s life in all aspects. It has the widest life foundation, especially as an idiosyncratic artistic expressive force. The complexity of a building in terms of design, longevity, environment and artistic licence given to the designer gives it a unique place when compared with other arts. Architecture has become an invaluable forum for artists to express themselves over the centuries both in terms of initial design and …show more content…
Architectural images are collected as art and displayed in a variety of ways. I have discussed some reasons why some images are bought for their aesthetic interpretation, where the designer, as in the case of the woodcut by Lyonel Feininger or the photographs by Ernst Haas ,and photographers such as Jan Pohribny who with a camera create beautiful pieces of abstract architectural imagery, capturing the evocative and sensory qualities of the buildings in front of their cameras.
Many decorative architectural images are collected because they have sentimental associations for the purchaser, such as a souvenir of an iconic building they have visited or never seen in person but can still appreciate and want to remember the aesthetic qualities of it.
With buildings we step out of the world of perishable objects and into one where the objects have been built to last, which has a value in