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Phare de Goury - Normandie
D7000 + Nikon 70-210mm f/4-5.6
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Calvados from young to 30 years old and you blend, funny how by the fith glass its hard to tell the difference. (Zeiss 18mm)
So last weekend I wasn't able to work on this thing on account of going to Texas for my sister's graduation, which was nice :3. But I actually managed to get a lot done this weekend! It turns out that the wings are even easier than I expected, so it's all but certain that the Normandy will be done in time for Brickworld. I'm so excited, this thing is gonna look awesome!
...la Seine depuis Chateau-Gaillard - Les Andelys - Haute Normandie
Picture taken May 5th 2016
Camera Bronica S2 - 1965
Lens Nikkor 75mm
Ilford FP4 125 iso
Development black&white
Ilford LC29 / Rapid fixer
Summer in Normandy, France. Lithprint on Guilleminot paper. This batch of photo paper was made in the eighties. Agfa apx 100 film, Print developed in Moersch lith.
So, I built a stand, and that's pretty much it. At least it'll make it a lot easier to put some wings on this thing. With only one month left, it's gonna be a close one, but I'm pretty confident that the Normandy is gonna make it to Brickworld.
The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion ) and the English Channel . It covers 172 acres (70 ha ), and contains the remains of 9,387 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II
Frühling der Normandie
Sony Alpha 7R II, Voigtländer VME Close-Focus Adapter, Zeiss Planar 50mm f2.0
Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, Nornandy, France
Some background information:
Bayeux Cathedral (in French: "Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux") is a Norman-Romanesque cathedral, located in the town of Bayeux in the Norman-French department of Calvados. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux. Bayeux Cathedral which was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry is a national monument of France. Today the tapestry is exhibited at the "Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux" just a few hundred metres away from the church.
The present cathedral was consecrated on 14th July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, the breaking of which led to the Norman conquest of England. However, there was already a church in the Carolingian era in the same locality, but it was destroyed by the Normans in 891. The first cathedral on the same spot, another Carolingian building, was built in the 10th century, but it was wiped out by a large fire in 1047. The last relic of this pre-Romanesque house of worship is the subterranean crypt.
A few years after today’s cathedral was consecrated by Odo, Earl of Kent, a half-brother of William the Conqueror, the Bayeux Tapestry was completed too. It was kept in the cathedral until 1793 and exhibited publicly in the time before Christmas every year to commemorate the Norman conquest of England.
In 1160, another large fire affected the building badly and in 1180, the bishop and his canons demanded a cathedral in the then new Gothic style. Although Bayeux Cathedral was never completely substituted with a new build, it was converted to Gothic style to the end of the 15th century. However, during the Hundred Years’ War (1337 to 1453) which slowed down the construction work, the building site functioned as a stronghold with a garrison against the English enemies.
In the following centuries Bayeux Cathedral faced another large fire and several lootings, among others by Protestant Huguenots in 1563. In 1793, in the course of the French Revolution, the cathedral was transformed into a "temple of prudence and the Supreme Being” for a while, because religion was considered to be outdated at that time. In the 19th century the central tower got a neo-Gothic spire in the form of a cupola. Fortunately the idea of completely dismantling the central tower didn’t obtain a majority.
In marked contrast to many other towns of this area, Bayeux and its cathedral survived D-Day on 6th June 1944 and the days that followed mostly unscathed. Today the cathedral is one of Bayeux’s major sights, next to the Bayeux Tapestry in the "Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux" nearby. Every year both attract a number visitors from far and wide, interested in history and art history.
9387 burials of US service people, 307 unknown, 3 Medal of Honour winners, 4 women, 33 pairs of brothers buried side by side.. It is the largest American Cemetery from World War 2.
The main body of the cemetary of 172,5 acres is retangular with the main paths laid out in the patter of a Latin cross. There is a 22 foot bronze statue The Spirit of American Youth Rising From The Waves and behind the statue is the Garden of the Missing which commemorates a further 1,557 soliders, sailors and airmen who fell in Normandy and have no known grave.
It was an honour for me to be there and see this.. endless cemetery.. it was a sad day.
You can manufacture weapons and you can purchase ammunition, but you can't buy valor and you can't pull heroes off an assembly line. - Sergeant John B. Ellery
Sel16mm + VCL-ECU1 Ultra wide converter
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 and the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II.
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