Tartu Rebase Street 1962

This photograph of Tartu Rebase Street by Le Corbusier captures a stark architectural vision, all in black and white. You know, sometimes reducing everything to just those shades allows you to see the bones of a thing. It's like stripping away the distractions and focusing on the essential forms. Here, the building's horizontal layers jut out dramatically, creating these stark shadows and really graphic shapes. The way the light hits those surfaces, you can almost feel the texture of the concrete. Look at the underside of that cantilevered section. See how the light fades? Corbusier's known for his modernism, but there's something almost brutal about this image, a kind of raw simplicity that makes you think of early industrial photography, maybe something by the Bechers. Or even the stark beauty in some of Agnes Martin's work. It's all about finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, isn’t it?