Some buildings challenge you to look twice.
Others, like this one in Amsterdam’s Zuidas, don’t ask, they command it.
There’s something about its surface, all glass and angle, that turns light into motion and symmetry into drama.
Seen in black and white, the geometry becomes stronger.
The mood, heavier.
The sky, not just background but contrast.

I walked around it for a while.
Watched how the clouds moved past its edge, how the shadows crept across the façade.
I wasn’t looking for the tallest building.
I was looking for the right moment.
That sliver of time where form and light align.

This image came from standing far enough back to let the structure breathe.
Letting the diagonal cut through the sky.
You feel the movement even though the building doesn’t move.
That’s the paradox I love in architectural photography.
Stillness with energy.

The second shot comes from a slightly different angle.
Closer.
Tighter.
It tells a different story: about repetition and pattern.
Each window a tile.
Each tile a rhythm.

Sometimes black and white helps strip away distractions.
There’s no color to hide behind.
Only shape.
Light.
Texture.

This was handheld with the Canon EOS R5 Mark II.
No need for long exposure.
The contrast came naturally from the light, the tones from the weather.
All I had to do was frame it right and trust the process.

Zuidas keeps giving me more to discover.
New perspectives in old corners.
Buildings I’ve passed before, now revealing new angles, new moods.

This series is becoming less about the buildings and more about the way they’re seen.
And maybe that’s the point.

Amir
Photographer, Builder, Dreamer
amir2000.nl