RICH BECKERMEYER

objects + spaces (2006 - )

IBM Building. Architect: Curtis & Davis, 1963. United Steelworkers.

Mark Rothko and Alberto Giacometti - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa

Richard King Mellon Hall of Science, Duquesne University. Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1968.

B.K.F. Chair, with Charles Lutz' ruba rombic vessel on desk. Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pa. 2022.

Alcoa Building. Harrison & Abramovitz, 1953.

Oscar Niemeyer Museum. Window Detail. Curitiba, Brazil. 2005.

Fallingwater. Frank Lloyd Wright. 1936 - 1939. Mill Run, Pa.

Girl walking away from bus, Camaquey, Cuba. 2007.

Marc Vilanova, Grounded Frictions, Mattress Factory Contemporary Art Museum

Allegheny Center. Architect: Deeter Ritchey Sippel, 1965 - 1971. Currently Nova Place, owned by Faros Properties - Pittsburgh, Pa.

Nova Place Interior - Faro Properties - Pittsburgh, Pa.

Peoples Gas Education Pavilion framing downtown Chicago. Architects: Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang, 2010. Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Ill. 2024.

End of the Terminal. Architects: Henro y Asociados, 1974. Cancun, Mexico. 2007.

Theo, aged 8, visiting Fallingwater for first time. 2022.

Sherton Hotel. Sheripol, Netherlands. 2009.

Skyspace - University of Illinois. James Turrell. Chicago, Ill. 2024.jpg

And You, Seas, 2002, Richard Hunt Sculpture

PPG Tower and Highmark Tower, Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa

Pennsylvania State Museum and Archives Complex, built in 1964 by architects Ritchie Lawrie & M. Edwin Green. Harrisburg, Pa. 2024.

Nova Place Interior 2 - Faro Properties - Pittsburgh, Pa.

was ten years old when I first saw it in a book: Christopher Little's iconic image of Fallingwater and something shifted in my subconscious. Architecture, the way a structure occupies space, catches light, and insists on being looked at, has driven my photography ever since.
My time at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, stewards of Fallingwater since 1963, moved that early fascination from the personal into the professional. Studying and recreating work by Luke Swank and Ezra Stoller brought discipline to that passion.
The images here also carry the unmistakable influence of photographers Julius Shulman and René Burri; architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Oscar Niemeyer; designer Ray Eames; developer Joseph Eichler; and pop artist Wayne Thiebaud.
Pop culture, art history, and architecture. All of it is present, if you know where to look.