A lot of my inspiration for this project has come down to the fantastic work of late Magnum photographer Peter Marlow. Marlow's series The English Cathedral is of huge inspiration because in the body of work Marlow depicts these buildings as magnificent and powerhouses. Not just the meaning behind the images, but the rigour and methodology is not only thorough and seen throughout the work, but also and as a nice touch shown in the book of the same name. 

Candida Höfer's work is also informing how I produce images, as her approach is very methodical and adapted from the school of thought at Düsseldorf under the tutelage of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Höfer's work incorporates very little if any human presence within the frame. The Libraries body of work Höfer carried out is reminiscent of Marlow's work; Very methodical, higher view, lines perfectly straight. The resulting images portray a sense of wonderment and splendour. A sense of empty, although 'void of all human interaction', each image has it's own 'monumentality'. 

As I feel my work will become quite topographical in its appearance, there have been several influences that I have looked into. Any of the members of the Düsseldorf Kunstakadamie whether that be Höfer, the Bechers, Thomas Struth or Andreas Gursky. Other influences I have considered is Hiroshi Sugimoto, especially focusing on his Theaters project. In a way, the theatre screen acts in the same way as the nave in a cathedral. This point draws the eye's attention away from the edges of the image to the centre. 

Höfer, C. (2011) Teatro La Fenice di Venezia. Höfer, C. (2011) Dominikanerkirche Sankt Andreas Düsseldorf II.

Höfer, C. (2007)Mason Temple, Philidelphia.