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I took these on the way to work over the last couple of weeks a little insight into other peoples' lives.
I have been thinking recently about doing a project based on Cambridge but not the boring and over photographed 'Kings College by night/day/dusk/dawn" (you get the idea!) More inspired by photos like this, shop windows, and normal Cambridge life. Because, believe it or not; people live in Cambridge who have nothing to do with the University! I have already photographed Fitzbillies and the robe shop.
This also stems from the black and white architectural shoot I did which was specifically commissioned not to include cheesy 'Cambridge' shots:
carolinehancox.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-and-white-cambr...
and also this project:
which I am going to be representing Cambridgeshire.
I'll post more as this project develops
Warp reflex on a pink wall.
Icelanders usually have brightfully coloured houses (sometimes gaudy) with beautiful windows.
Pictured in Reykjavik, West Iceland.
Robinson College Chapel in Cambridge, an intriguing example of modern architecture amidst the Gothic grandeur of the University buildings. The college was built to the designs of the architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia and opened in 1977.
The ecumenical chapel is best known for it's outstanding stained glass designed by John Piper & made by Patrick Reyntiens, one of their last and finest collaborations from the early 1980s. The main chapel contains a large window of irregular shape with a stunning design suggesting a sunburst revealed through foliage. The window is somewhat obscured by the internal architecture, and though obviously intended to be revealed gradually as one approaches, it can be frustrating trying to view the entire work.
In a separate chapel is a much smaller but very powerful work based on a Romanesque relief with a Madonna & Child and other figures against a background of swirling blues and greens.
Building windows
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Taken from one of the apartments in the Chateau de Versailles.
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19th century stained glass in the superb late medieval church, Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Produced by Lavers and Baraud and installed as the church was being restored around 1860. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul
The topmost part of the window appears to show the appearance of Christ as Saul of Tarsus (later Paul) was on the road to Damascus. A flash of light throws Saul from his horse. The lower part depicts the stoning of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Saul was a witness to this, and was said to have held the cloaks of Stephen's executioners.