Honorable Mention / 2024 / Portraiture / Other

Following My Father

I have spent the last few years helping my dad, who is a structural engineer document and measure some of the older buildings he works on in the New England area. Sometimes he is called in to just do a structural assessment for safety or purchasing purposes, sometimes he’s called in for a full building remodel, or a roof analysis, occasionally to inspect the damage done during a fire or an accident. After having followed him for the last few years I’ve begun to see him as a kind of modern day explorer. He measures every piece of a building down to an 1/8th of an inch. He is in attics, basement

Kylie Harrigan is a Freelance Architecture, Construction and Realestate Photographer based out of Massachusetts, USA. She has a BFA from Northeastern University in Boston MA in Digital Art, and an MA from Galway University in Galway Ireland in Arts Management. Kylie started as a product photographer and transitioned to real estate Architecture and Construction when she moved back to the US from Ireland in 2017. She has a passion for old, grimy buildings and loves to capture the spirit of a place, preserving the memory of the people who lived and worked there.