When in February 2010 I photographed Agustí Costa’s house and studio for an artist on Barcelona Carme street, we had very clear from the beginning that it was going to be impossible to complete all the views we had in mind to interpret this work.

One of the most important elements of the project, a vegetal screen at the end of the floor plan main axis separating one of the artist’s workspaces and a sheltered gallery over the city, had been planted a week before the date we shot the photographs: the oversized presence that the screen showed then was not in any way the subtle limit that the project statement described.

It was therefore necessary to wait a whole year, until the end of February 2011, to photograph the vegetal screen in its real presence and dimension and relating to the continuity and consistency that the photographs we already had required. Thus, the interpretation of the project was finally completed according to the ideas that the author wanted to communicate and we both wanted to propose through my photographs.

Patience and anticipation are vital in architectural photography, and even more in a case like this. Seen a year later, Carme street project continues generating new approaches and new interpretations to capture as its owner lives and inhabits the space.

You can see more photographs of this project here.