A Room with a View

I have always been fascinated by hotels; whether it be a five star luxury resort on an idyllic beach or a motel on the side of the highway. A Room with a View is a record of 91 of the hotel rooms I have stayed in over the last four years. Each interior shot is coupled with a photograph of the corresponding view from the window.

The rooms are photographed using the same process, in as much as is allowed; keeping the framing and lighting consistent in order to let the personality of the spaces present themselves equally. No special requests are made and I take the room I am assigned by the front desk.

The view shots are taken with the same lens, which is placed directly on the surface of the glass at the center of the window. Depending on the travel schedule it was usually impossible to wait for the optimum time to shoot. The landscape is captured using whatever natural light was available at the time.

The rooms and their views are sequenced by number as opposed to chronological order. The result is an interesting interaction between randomness and order: the randomness of each location, the orderliness of repetition and how each interior relates to its view.