Bad Language

Max Creasy’s photographic exhibition Bad Language explores the relationship between the snapshot and architecture. Collaborating with group of architects and practices established in the past two decades – Kastler Skjeseth, Takeshi Hayatsu, OMMX, Sauter von Moos, Weyell Zipse and Lütjens Padmanabhan – Max Creasy investigates the idiosyncratic, humane, and humorous sensibilities (and possibilities) of the architectural image.

Creasy’s architectural photography has moved away from the formal nature of ‘New Objective’ photography (characterised by clinical documentary views) towards an idiosyncratic language that uses the ‘snapshot’ to explore the vernacular aspects of photography and architecture. This use of the snapshot within architectural photography can be considered a form of ‘bad language’ as it goes against polished and established architectural codes.

The creative team behind the exhibition includes photographer Max Creasy, curator Guillermo Fernández-Abascal and graphic designer Wayne Daly. It is accompanied by a handout containing an essay by architectural historian Frida Grahn which delves into the historic and contemporary links between the AA and ETH Zurich (Switzerland).