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Looking in through the window I could see some old furniture. No one lives here any more, the house has been abandoned for many years. From Gamla Nynäsvägen between Stav and Berga in Haninge.
a window
window of an attic room
at summer nights, when the sky is open
as I lie in the bed
a bed under a window
seems like lying in the open air
but the stars are framed
framed in a window
window of an attic room
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St Peter's at Binton is another church entirely rebuilt in the Victorian period, by Frederick Preedy in 1875-6. The building is entirely of this date, leaving no trace of the medieval structure, although there are reminders of it still in the fittings, with three medieval carved cross slabs (that at the west end being particularly fine) , along with a simple late medieval font. The early Georgian Royal Arms survives too.
The church is most famous for it's Kempe glass, which is found in three windows, although it is the west window people come to see. This commemorates Scott of the Antarctic (who was married to the rector's daughter and visited Binton regularly) and portrays four scenes from his last expedition, surreally shown within Kempe's trademark Gothic canopies.
For more see Binton's entry on the Warwickshire Churches website below:-
A photo from a long ago trip to London, England... This is in Wimbledon. I felt inspired to attempt a painting based on this scene. Here's a link to the painting: flic.kr/p/7zqCSn
Scania N28OUD Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 City powered by Bio Gas on service 1 Broomhill to Cribbs Causeway. Seen in Union Street, Bristol
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Italy. Florence (Firenze).
Piazza del Duomo.
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (English, "Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower") is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.
The church is particularly notable for its 44 stained glass windows, the largest undertaking of this kind in Italy in the 14th and 15th century. The windows in the aisles and in the transept depict saints from the Old and the New Testament, while the circular windows in the drum of the dome or above the entrance depict Christ and Mary. They are the work of the greatest Florentine artists of their times, such as Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Paolo Uccello and Andrea del Castagno.
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The much photographed Fairbairn Crane down on the Harbourside. It was such a bright sunny day, yet the combination of iron and glass is almost monochromatic. I think it must have been the texture and the geometry that caught my eye on the day though...
This is the ONLY surviving Fairbairn Steam Crane in the world; patented in 1850 and designed by Sir William Fairbairn.
One of the older houses in Handen will soon be just be a memory. You can never guess what they will build there now.
Moments after finishing my photographs of Stranger #1, a street-level window opened as I approached, and out popped Maryanne, saying goodbye in Maltese to family as they stepped to the sidewalk.
I was taken by how picturesque she looked as she leaned out the window, in bloom with obvious love for her family. When she turned around, we made eye contact, both smiled, and I asked if she spoke English. "Yes," she answered, and I winced a little at my silly question. (In Malta virtually anyone under sixty speaks English quite well.)
"Would you mind if I took your photo?" I gushed. "Today I'm taking photos of people I don't know, for a project called 100 Strangers. It's a kind of exercise in photojournalism — and you would make a wonderful photo, there in the window."
"Like this?!?" she asked in cheerful disbelief, gesturing to herself. "Exactly like that!" I answered, and stepped back to compose my shot. Initially she looked right into the camera; but I like this shot better, where she resumed looking at her family, more or less exactly as I had first seen her.
I took four shots, including one where we see her mother — whose shirt lends the implausibly bright red in this photo — looking on with interest from behind. When I finished, Maryanne asked, "Could I see the photo when you put it on the site?"
"Of course," I answered, and asked for her e-mail address. She gestured to her niece Jade, on the sidewalk, and so I took Jade's e-mail. Since I seemed to be on a roll, I also asked Jade if I could get a shot of her with her partner and their five-month-old child in a stroller. They happily complied, and Jade asked if they could hire me to take a family portrait of them one day soon.
This picture is #2 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Demolition in progress on the Antwerp DS goods station. Now (April 2007, the shed has gone, the building is still standing for the moment.