When you look at a city as architecturally rich as Barcelona, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the grand historic facades and the sweeping skylines. But for me, the real fun starts when you isolate a tiny, surreal corner of the environment and turn it into something completely abstract.
I found this incredible view down by the harbour area (Port de Barcelona). There is something so satisfyingly tense about the composition here. You have this massive, heavy stone block building constructed from a rigid grid of square tiles, and then right on the precipice sits this colossal, smooth sphere. The way the curve of the ball barely kisses the sharp corner of the architecture creates this amazing visual friction—it looks like it could roll off into space at any given second, yet it sits perfectly still.
By stripping out all the colour and blowing out the sky to a seamless, stark white, the scene completely loses its real-world context. It stops being a building by the water and becomes a high-contrast study in shape, form, and gravity.
I deliberately went for a punchy, textured look on the stonework to contrast against the smooth, subtle gradient of the light wrapping around the metallic sphere.
When you look at a city as architecturally rich as Barcelona, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the grand historic facades and the sweeping skylines. But for me, the real fun starts when you isolate a tiny, surreal corner of the environment and turn it into something completely abstract.
I found this incredible view down by the harbour area (Port de Barcelona). There is something so satisfyingly tense about the composition here. You have this massive, heavy stone block building constructed from a rigid grid of square tiles, and then right on the precipice sits this colossal, smooth sphere. The way the curve of the ball barely kisses the sharp corner of the architecture creates this amazing visual friction—it looks like it could roll off into space at any given second, yet it sits perfectly still.
By stripping out all the colour and blowing out the sky to a seamless, stark white, the scene completely loses its real-world context. It stops being a building by the water and becomes a high-contrast study in shape, form, and gravity.
I deliberately went for a punchy, textured look on the stonework to contrast against the smooth, subtle gradient of the light wrapping around the metallic sphere.
