Architectural Photography Competition 2020

2020 Featured Photographers

For its inaugural edition, the Architectural Photography Competition took the form of a showcase: AIA Long Beach/South Bay spotlighted three featured photographers — Los Angeles image-makers whose work celebrates the built environment.

Evan Kelly

Born in Los Angeles in 1978 and raised partly in Europe, Evan Kelly earned a BFA from Long Beach State University and has photographed interiors and architecture across the United States and Europe since 2007. Inspired by Piet Mondrian, Richard Serra, and Frank Lloyd Wright, he uses the camera frame to both deconstruct and rebuild — conveying the essence of a space and the experience of the people in it.

Karyn Millet

After an accomplished career in public relations and publishing, Karyn Millet picked up a camera in 2002 and quickly became the go-to photographer for top interior design professionals. The award-winning, Los Angeles-based photographer — a Stars of Design recipient and APA Single Image winner — shoots for publications such as House Beautiful, Traditional Home, and Condé Nast Traveler and for hospitality clients from Rosewood Miramar to The Beverly Hills Hotel, and has photographed four books, with a Rizzoli title on design and travel underway.

Manolo Langis

Manolo Langis is an architect by training and a photographer through life. Shooting with natural light and a keen sense of space, he pays close attention to how light moves within a room, pairing technique with an ever-changing environment to create soft yet evocative photographs. With roots in Spain, an upbringing in Montreal, and two decades based in Los Angeles, his work appears in multiple national publications and books.