As part of the recent ‘Extra/Ordinary’ conference, the 2010 national conference of the Australian Institute of Architects, in Sydney, a conference action project initiated by Naomi Stead, Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, and Kate Sweetapple, had photographer Nick Bassett documented a cross section of architects, and designers.

The project set out to collect an archive of documentary-style photographic images of participants at the conference. Drawing upon objectivist serial art practices established in the 1960s, the project proposes a visual sociology of architects, observing visual traits, patterns and distinctions, towards a visual sociology of architectural culture at this particular historic moment.

The question remains do these people look like designers? Be it architects, interiors, planner, graphics.

321 images / people were documented during the conference between 23 to 24 Apr 2010.

Visit the project here

For enquiries email n.stead [at] uq.edu.au.

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