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Ceiling of the St. Nicholas church of Finiki. Finiki is a small fishing-village on Karpathos with offcourse some tavernes with excellent and fresh fish.
One chapter closes, another begins. We all know the drill...
I began my foray into retail photography in 2011. Sometimes we wish time could stand still, that a moment could be preserved for the future and saved from being thrown in the memory hole to be lost forever. Photography has been there for me as a hobby for me through the good times and pushed me to overcome those times that were horrible. Over the years, I've grown as a photographer and most importantly, as a person. I've met or talked to many great people and truly appreciate the support from all of you over the years. Through photography, I was given a sense of purpose in this world that sometimes seems to be lacking one.
Please enjoy these photos from my trip to the Galleria mall in downtown Cleveland back in June 2015. I somehow never got around to posting these photos from one of my all-time favorite photoshoots. These photos to me symbolize the high point of my photography, as I was actually being filmed by a crew from Vice at the time (visible in the background of some of these shots). I was always going on day trips to photograph new locations and posting regularly back then too. It seems like now is as fitting of a time as any to post some of these shots.
One of the hard lessons of life is that nothing lasts forever... I'm now 23 and focusing on going forth with a career. Lately, I've been mostly working six days a week; it doesn't appear that will change anytime in the near future. A large part of me wants to continue to capture and post new photos, but sadly I just don't have the time anymore. I have never made money off of my photography nor do I see any path towards doing so. One day, I still plan to own my own business and hopefully even have time for photography again. I'd love to get permission to explore abandoned places plus take the time and effort to capture some amazing photos that would put anything I have done up to this point to shame. It looks like it is going to be a while before (or even if) that happens though. I will likely still post some things sporatically, but nothing like I used to.
So one chapter closes and another begins. There's plenty to look forward to on the road ahead plus i'll be sure to look back on the past every so often.
So, it is with a heavy heart that I say farewell, at least for now...
Thank you all for being there through this journey; I wish you all the best and hope you all are successful on your own endeavours.
-Nicholas Eckhart
…of the 'Thomaskirsche', dating back to the 12th century. It is the home of the St. Thomas Boys Choir and the final resting place of Johann Sebastian Bach.
There are over 1,000 roof bosses in the cathedral; more than any other church or cathedral in the world. Many are along the cloisters. These are elaborately carved and painted and are an important feature of a vaulted roof as they are at the intersection of its ribs.
Many illustrate stories from the Bible. The ones in the cloisters are amongst the oldest, dating from its rebuild.
Norwich Cathedral has the largest monastic cloister in England. It connected the Cathedral with the various monastic buildings, some of which have now gone. The original Norman cloister was mostly destroyed during a riot in 1272. Rebuilding the cloister started in 1297 but wasn’t completed until 1430, due partly to the Black Death in 1349.
Stage lights suspended from the ceiling of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman is the home of the original Grand Ole Oprey, and I had the pleasure of visiting there in April.
For 125 in 2025 #67 On the Ceiling.
"The chapel interior was created by New York designer Charles Lamb and many consider it the most perfect example of Byzantine mosaic art in the United States." All I know is - it's stunning to see in person!
Lakewood Memorial Chapel in Minneapolis:
Now part of Ottawa City Hall; they call it the Heritage Building.
lieuxpatrimoniaux.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7437
The Former Ottawa Teacher’s College National Historic Site of Canada is located on Elgin Street in downtown Ottawa. A fine example of late-19th century eclectic design, the building’s two-and-a-half-storey front block is a balanced composition exhibiting an eclectic interpretation of the Gothic Revival Style. The roof, in the Second Empire style, with a central spired belfry, features a gable and a lively series of turrets. The building is now part of the Ottawa City Hall Complex. Official recognition refers to the former school building on its original lot.
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The Former Ottawa Teacher’s College was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1974 because it is a nationally significant example of the Gothic Revival Style in Canada whose use of disparate architectural details reflects a spirit of eclecticism.
The Ottawa Teacher’s College or Normal School, designed by the architect W.R. Strickland and built in 1874-1875 by J. Forin under supervising architect James Mather, was the second institution of its type to be established in Ontario. The College continued to train teachers for Ontario until 1974. Purchased by the regional government, an office complex was constructed to the rear. After municipal amalgamation, the building became part of Ottawa City Hall.
The rectangular massing with central pavilion of the main block follows an accepted format for 19th century academic institutions, while the use of disparate architectural details including a mix of pointed Gothic-style, semi-circular and flat-headed windows, Romanesque columns, and Second Empire-style roof, reflects a spirit of eclecticism.
ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/doors-open-ottawa/2...
The Heritage Building was formerly the Ottawa Normal School, built in 1875. It was the second Normal School established in Ontario and is the oldest still standing today. In 1879, a model school for 360 pupils was added. As well, an assembly hall and additional classrooms were added in 1892.
The original architect, WR Strickland, chose the Gothic renaissance style to reflect the influence of the parliament buildings. Semi-circular Italiante windows, Romanesque columns and Second Empire roof complete the Victorian structure. The exterior walls are made from limestone quarried in Gloucester Township. The roof is slate and all the decorative trim is made of cast iron.
The building was purchased by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) in 1987, which built the office complex to the rear. Restoration and renovation work began in early 1988. Renamed the Heritage Building, it officially was reopened as part of Regional Headquarters in May 1990. After municipal amalgamation in 2001, the building became Ottawa City Hall. Today it is the executive block of Ottawa City Hall housing the offices of the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk.
The Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, showcasing Ottawa sports legends, is now permanently housed on the first floor of the building.
Doors Open 2023 @ City Hall; Ottawa, Ontario.
I think this is evidence of where the stockroom for Loblaw's started.
Olean, NY. January 2020.
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I revisited the one room schoolhouse and noticed the ceiling this time around. There's so much texture and pattern in decay.
Debating Room, by Benjamin Woodward, 1857 (now the Old Library - roof, originally painted by William Morris in 1857 but then repainted by him in 1875 to what he called 'a new and lighter design'
Detail of the north choir aisle ceiling at St Paul's, with mosaic decoration by William Blake Richmond, completed during the 1900s.
Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral dominates the heart of the City of London as it has always done (if a little overshadowed by more recent developments these days). The only English cathedral to require total building, Wren embraced the opportunity for a fresh start after the Great Fire of London destroyed its predecessor in 1666. The present building was completed in 1715 when Wren's vision of a major dome (something he had proposed adding to the medieval building before the fire) was finally realised.
England's only purpose built Baroque cathedral, it is built on an impressive scale, one of the very largest churches in the country (echoing the impressive scale of its predecessor, which was an even longer building).
The interior is vast and richly adorned (especially the choir which was adorned with glittering mosaics in the late 19th century) and contains many monuments (many to military heroes) with yet more to be found in the sprawling crypt beneath.
St Paul's always arouses mixed emotions in me, it is beyond doubt a magnificent building, a true spectacle that cannot fail to impress within and without. Wren was a genius, pure and simple, though it should be added this wasn't the design he wanted to build which is closer in plan to a medieval cruciform church; his original proposals deviated from the traditional layout more dramatically and failed to win the support of a more conservative elite.
My appreciation of the present building is always tainted by a sense of loss, of what the great medieval St Paul's might have been had it survived, leaving a permanent gap in our legacy of great medieval cathedrals. We know the appearance of Old St Paul's from engravings and it was a remarkable building, the longest in the country, with a solid Romanesque nave and transepts (crowned by a gothic tower and formerly a soaring spire too) and a splendid Gothic choir culminating in a huge rose-window, and the home of many important tombs and monuments which have almost all been lost. However owing to Civil War damage and neglect, the building was in very bad shape in the years immediately before the Great Fire and had already undergone major alterations in classical/Baroque style with Wren proposing far more radical changes, so had there been no Great Fire we still likely would not have had the complete medieval church but some sort of strange Baroque/Gothic hybrid, and Wren would still have had his dome crowning it.
Like many major London attractions the cathedral now charges fees which discourage lower income visitors and bans photography within its walls. Happily however some evening events have been held during August 2017 where photographers were allowed free reign (full access to cathedral and crypt though not the dome galleries), thus I bought a ticket and had my first look around inside for many years......
I actually took 3 shots of this ceiling thinking it would work well as a HDR. However just a slight shake made my HDR result look blurry. So I just made a HDR from one exposure. Worked just as nicely :)
More information about HDR is on my Photography Blog
An Old photo, this is part of the 1st batch of photo taken with my then new Canon 400D. I could not remember where is this particular building located but is along the Melbourne Heritage Trail..
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this is another of my ceilings series..this a part of the ceiling of the church called ' Marie Reine Du Monde' situated in Montreal, Quebec