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][2] 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.[3]
Binet was born in 1959 in Sorengo, Switzerland to Swiss and French parents.[8] She studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, where she grew up.[2] 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,[3] encouraged by architect, Daniel Libeskind, who believed, "she exposes architecture’s achievements, strength, pathos and fragility."[2]
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.[3][8]
Publications
The Inns of Court. with Jill Allibone, David Evans. Black Dog Publishing Limited, 1996. ISBN 0952177315.
Helene Binet: Seven Projects, with Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Mark Rappolt, Shine Gallery. Guiding Light, 2002. ISBN 0953845133.
Photographs. Phaidon Inc. Ltd, 2009. ISBN 0714849421.
Helene Binet: Composing Space: The Photographs of Helene Binet. Phaidon Press, 2012. ISBN 0714861197.
For architects
A passage through silence and light, Daniel Libeskind, Raoul Bunschoten. Black Dog, 1997. ISBN 0952177358.
The House of the Book, Peter Cook, Zvi Hecker, John Hejduk. Black Dog, 1999,
^Glancey, Jonathan (15 April 2002). "The dream life of buildings". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2011. ..Hélène Binet is one of the world's finest architectural photographers..
^ a b c"Ten questions for photographer Hélène Binet". Phaidon. December 6, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2013. ..one of the world's leading architectural photographers. ..
^ a b c d e f"RIBA Honorary Fellowships 2008: Hélène Binet". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16.
^ a b"See the Work of Hélène Binet in a New Exhibition". Architectural Digest. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
^ a b"Hélène Binet awarded". tlmagazine.com. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
^ a b"Peter Zumthor – MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
^ a b"Therme Vals Diptychon". Carnegie Museum of Art.
^ a b c"Hélène Binet Photographer". www.helenebinet.com.
^James Cartwright (15 January 2013). "Hélène Binet is a master at capturing the world's most beautiful buildings". Its Nice That. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
^"Everything you need to know about Osea Island, the A-list bolthole Rihanna has reportedly rented". uk.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
External links
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"Dancing in the Dark: The Architectural Photography of Hélène Binet". The New York Times.
Publications by and about Hélène Binet in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library