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The steep cobbled railway bridge on Old lane, Halifax, Yorkshire. was made famous by the great photographer Bill Brandt.
The original photograph was titled The Snicket and was taken in 1937.
It featured in a book called Singular Images: Essays on remarkable photographs
by Sophie Howarth.
Bill Brandt was an influential British photographer and photojournalist known for his high-contrast images of British society and his distorted nudes and landscapes.
He was born in 1904 and died in 1983.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, son of a British father and German mother.
Brandt moved to London in 1933 and began documenting all levels of British society. This kind of documentary was uncommon at that time.
He documented the Underground bomb shelters of London during The Blitz in 1940, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
During World War II, Brandt focused on every kind of subject - as can be seen in his "Camera in London" (1948) but excelled in portraiture and landscape. To mark the arrival of peace in 1945 he began a celebrated series of nudes.
Brandt became Britain's most influential and internationally admired photographer of the 20th century. Many of his works have important social commentary but also poetic resonance. His landscapes and nudes are dynamic, intense and powerful, often using wide-angle lenses and distortion.
**Bill Brandt is widely considered to be one of the most important British photographers of the 20th century**
Halifax
It was a nice sunny day for a change, so I decided because I had to go into town to take the camera and get a couple of shots of the Minster in the winter sunshine. I was intending to go inside but once there I could hear a lot of noise which sounded like children, so I stayed outside. I’ve taken several shots before but every time I go it looks slightly different depending on the weather and time of year.
Formerly Halifax Parish Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Minster was given its new status in 2009 by the Bishop of Wakefield in recognition of its important role in the civic life of the town and borough. It is a Grade I listed building built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Minster is taken from the Anglo Saxon word Mynster, which means a missionary church. Like York Minster, Halifax has a monastic foundation, Cluniac monks built the original church in the 12th century, but the present structure was completed in 1438. The north wall is thought to be from an older building from the Norman era.
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I brought my camera along last week when I did a book reading and craft session for kids at the new Halifax Central library. Grabbed a few shots of the awesome architecture. I love these stairs and walkways.
Looking much more like grand European plaza, Halifax Piece Hall looks very smart these days. The recent renovation has certainly made a huge improvement. Judging by the multitude of shops that now trade from within and the hoards of public (this picture was taken early on when it was much quieter) who make their way there it looks to me as though the renovation has been most worthwhile.
A pair of Macknade Mill's 2'0" gauge diesel hydraulics #16 (Clyde/1954) and 'Hobart' (EM Baldwin/1972) cross at Mahoney's loop, Halifax, Queensland, with loaded (left) and empty raw sugar trains travelling to and from the port at Lucinda - 29 July 2022.
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HMCS Halifax F330 is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1992. Halifax is the lead ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Halifax. She carries the hull classification symbol FFH 330.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax in her namesake city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a name that was also borne by HMCS Halifax (K237), a Flower-class corvette during the Second World War as well as the very first warship built in Halifax.
Front of the town clock
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
Halifax B Mk.III reconstruction at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. This composite reconstruction started in 1984 and took 10 years to complete. It includes an 8 mtr section of fuselage from a 58 Squadron Halifax Mk.II ‘HR792’ which crashed on the Outer Hebrides in January 1945 and was subsequently used as a chicken coop for many years before being acquired for the restoration in 1984. The wings are from a Handley Page Hastings transport ‘TG536’, and the nose and tail sections were largely fabricated from scratch by the restoration team. The port side of this aircraft, visible on this photograph is painted to represent ‘LV907’ ‘Friday the 13th’ (NP-F) which completed 128 operations with 158 Squadron. The starboard side is painted as 'NP763' (H7-N) an aircraft of 346 'Guyenne' Squadron, Free French Air Force. This squadron was one of two French bomber squadrons based at RAF Elvington during WWII.
The Halifax River is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, located in northeast Volusia County, Florida. The waterway was originally known as the North Mosquito River, but was renamed after George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (for whom Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is also named), during the British occupation of Florida (1763–1784).
On my morning photowalk, I explored some of the downtown, but also their wonderful wonderful waterfront. It's quite extensive, and I wasn't able to explore the entirety of it. Oddly, even though there are many world-class attractions there, I was QUITE taken by the little village of sea cans that were converted to shops.
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