Hélène Binet Explained

Hélène Binet
Birth Place:Sorengo, Switzerland
Occupation:architectural photographer

Hélène Binet (born 1959) is a Swiss-French architectural photographer based in London, who is also one of the leading architectural photographers in the world.[1] She is most known for her work with architects Daniel Libeskind, Peter Zumthor and Zaha Hadid, and has published books on works of several architects.

Binet was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2008[2] and the Julius Shulman Institute Excellence in Photography Award in 2015.[3] [4] Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York[5] and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6]

Biography

Binet was born in 1959 in Sorengo, Switzerland to Swiss and French parents. She studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, where she grew up. She worked as a photographer at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland, where she photographed various performances for two years, before turning to architectural photography,[2] encouraged by architect, Daniel Libeskind, who believed, "she exposes architecture’s achievements, strength, pathos and fragility."[7]

Binet works exclusively with photographic film.[8]

She has worked with Raoul Bunschoten, Caruso St John, David Chipperfield, Tony Fretton, Zaha Hadid, Zvi Hecker, John Hejduk, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Daniel Libeskind, the architect Peter Cook, Sauerbruch Hutton, Peter Zumthor, and Josef Paul Kleihues among others, besides publishing books on buildings by Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Sigurd Lewerentz, and Dimitris Pikionis.[2] [9]

Personal life

Binet had a house on Osea Island in the River Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[10] She is married to Raoul Bunschoten, and the couple live in London with their two children, Izaak and Saskia Ada.[2] [8]

Publications

For architects

Awards

Collections

Binet's work is held in the following permanent collections:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: The dream life of buildings. Glancey. Jonathan. 15 April 2002. The Guardian. ..Hélène Binet is one of the world's finest architectural photographers... 9 May 2011.
  2. Web site: RIBA Honorary Fellowships 2008: Hélène Binet . https://archive.today/20130616143407/http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAHonoraryFellowships/Archive/HonoraryFellowships2008.aspx%23.UZxOtqI3CHg . dead . 2013-06-16 .
  3. Web site: 2021-07-26. See the Work of Hélène Binet in a New Exhibition. 28 February 2015. Architectural Digest.
  4. Web site: 2021-07-26. Hélène Binet awarded. 17 March 2015. tlmagazine.com.
  5. Web site: Peter Zumthor – MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
  6. Web site: Therme Vals Diptychon. Carnegie Museum of Art.
  7. Web site: Ten questions for photographer Hélène Binet . ..one of the world’s leading architectural photographers. ... December 6, 2012 . Phaidon . May 22, 2013.
  8. Web site: Hélène Binet Photographer. www.helenebinet.com.
  9. Web site: Hélène Binet is a master at capturing the world's most beautiful buildings. James Cartwright. 15 January 2013 . Its Nice That . May 22, 2013.
  10. Web site: Everything you need to know about Osea Island, the A-list bolthole Rihanna has reportedly rented. 2021-09-21. uk.style.yahoo.com. en-GB.
  11. Web site: RIBA Honorary Fellowships 2008: Hélène Binet . https://archive.today/20130616143407/http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAHonoraryFellowships/Archive/HonoraryFellowships2008.aspx%23.UZxOtqI3CHg . dead . 2013-06-16 .

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