The Radić Pavilion

Art is at its zenith when it is useful as well as beautiful. The Radić Pavilion in the Oudolf garden at Hauser & Wirth in Somerset is an amazing and sublime structure. It must be well anchored to stay put in the gales of February, 2020. Nikon D40 with a Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. Field of view equivalent to a 50mm lens on a full frame camera.

The Radić Pavilion was installed at Hauser & Wirth Somerset in March 2015, at the end of Oudolf Field. Designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, this unique structure was first unveiled as the Serpentine Gallery 2014 Pavilion. "I wanted to make it look like it came from the hands of a giant .. In the tradition of the English garden folly, it should be something that surprises the public and draws their attention, providing a spatial experience that you don't get every day." Smiljan Radić

I have admired the Radić Pavilion from the moment I first saw it. As a subject for a photographer the options seem limitless. I am moving beyond the detail and seeing the shapes. It seems simultaneously soft and stark. Photographed with a Nikon D700 and Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.

Photographed with a Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 lens mounted via an adapter on a Canon EOS 30D camera.

Via an adapter, this picture was made with a Nikon lens on a Canon EOS camera. Sometimes I do seemingly perverse things like this to reinvigorate myself.

Photographed in the garden of Hauser & Wirth at Durslade Farm, Bruton, Somerset. Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. 100 ISO; f/2.2; 1/640th.

Photographed in the garden of Hauser & Wirth at Durslade Farm, Bruton, Somerset. Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens. 100 ISO; f/5; 1/160th.

This is a tiny file after being cropped and adjusted in two, possibly three, applications. I like the result but the destruction of data was too great.

Photographed with a Nikon D700 and Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.