If you haven’t yet had a chance to view Alex Roman’s CGI masterpiece, “The Third and The Seventh” I would highly recommend you take a gander. It breaks down the barriers between photography, filmmaking, computer-generated imagery and architecture. While this project undeniably exists outside the realm of these defined borders, or perhaps between them, one thing is for sure: it is an artistic wonder. One guy (30 years old), on one PC (i7 920) creating beautiful imagery for one year and this is the result. A photographer friend of mine watched this short film, sat in silence for about 30 seconds after the screen had dipped to black and then finally broke his silence by exclaiming, “Well…. what do I do now?” Where does work like this leave photographers when computer-generated imagery can be confused for photography at its best? When you can create the most optimal environment (ie: sky, lighting, wind, shadows) in a computer, how can we as photographers compete with that? If nothing else, I can tell you that this film leaves me with equal parts intimidation and inspiration. Excuse me, I must get out there and shoot some architecture!