A Presence in Stone

The National Theatre is one of the most divisive buildings in London. Concrete set in hard angles, read as beautiful or brutal depending on who is standing in front of it. Min Kim stood in front of it and saw a stage.

This was her project and her eye, shot on medium format film. The building was the starting point, and the real question was a quiet one. What does that much weight do to a person standing inside it?

The architecture does not move. The figure does. Hold both in one frame and the concrete stops being the subject and turns into set dressing, while the person becomes the thing you cannot look away from. The casting was ours, looking for someone with the presence to stand against all that stone and not get swallowed by it.

The Brutalist. The building gives you the title. The person gives you the reason to look.

Casting| Spirit³

Producer| Iman Mariah

Photographer| Min Kim

Stylist| Hannah Shaw

Beauty| Ayumi O’hama

Model| Caroline Drai