A city isn’t just about movement — it’s about how matter stays still.
These frames of 6×6 film architecture from Bern don’t document people; they document their absence — and yet, every image feels inhabited. Modern structures of glass and steel, sharp shadows, stained facades, absurd obstructions, rhythms imposed by architecture.
Shot on 6×6 medium format film, these square compositions demand balance in spaces never meant to provide it.
They are fragments of order — and also urban irony. A concrete block that blocks nothing but logic, a shadow mimicking another, a wall that has long stopped breathing.
Natural light and the quiet weight of analog rendering give these geometries a depth that digital rarely touches.
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The architectural influence of concrete in modern cities is discussed here.
These analog frames, captured in 6×6 film architecture, are part of a wider visual archive. They reflect not only urban silence, but the unique way film captures stillness and presence in space. Every detail is deliberate. Every shadow is part of the story.
This project is part of an ongoing series exploring how cities breathe through absence. By focusing on geometry rather than people, these images investigate how silence is shaped by space and structure.
All images were photographed on medium format analog film (6×6), scanned at high resolution, and presented without digital manipulation.
