"...The 10 photographs presented here under the title ANDO×ANDO are photographs of my architecture taken by myself.
They only show fragments of the architecture; they are not intended to elucidate the forms and spaces of my work.
Indeed, they carry essentially no information.

However, these captured moments do directly expose my audacious endeavor to open the door to a new world of architecture, with my own design methodology based on the composition of the basic elements of nature, geometry, and material.

What can be seen in the photographs are the bare traces of my thoughts, resulted from my pursuit to create spaces that are simplest, yet richest in meaning, by entrusting my faith in light."

――FAITH IN THE LIGHT by Tadao Ando

After ANDO BOX The 1st Round — Drawings, amanasalto is presenting ANDO×ANDO — Photographs, a photography portfolio of Tadao Ando’s architecture photographed by Ando himself.

Without seeking any formal education, Ando gained his knowledge and position as one of the world’s top architects by his own learning experience as he walked through landscapes, civilizations and architecture of all ages and cultures around the world. Photographs of architecture designed by such architect are different from typical architectural photography — they are indeed the prototype of Ando’s concepts and the prototype of creations by human civilization. Thus this portfolio of Ando’s photographs demonstrates the universality of his own architecture.

Following the 1st round, this 2nd round of portfolio will also be published with our platinum printing technology of the highest permanance, in determination to present the monumentality and timelessness of Ando’s architecture.