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Memories of Notre-Dame

From 2016. The interior, brightened and with sepia via Snapseed.

Author HalPosted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019Categories Architecture, Black & White, TravelTags France, Paris

Self-portrait in the Galerie des Glaces

galerie-des-glaces

At the château de Versailles.

Author HalPosted on November 19, 2016December 3, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, Portraits, Street Photography, TravelTags France, Versailles

Louvre Pyramid

Author HalPosted on November 18, 2016January 6, 2017Categories Architecture, Art, Black & White, TravelTags France, Paris

Winged Victory

Author HalPosted on November 18, 2016April 7, 2017Categories Architecture, Art, TravelTags France, Paris

Panthéon in twilight

pantheon-bw-twilight

As Henri Cartier-Bresson said, “Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” This one’s all about the tones. From the window of our apartment on Place Maubert.

Author HalPosted on November 18, 2016December 3, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, Night, TravelTags France, Paris, Place Maubert

The inside of Notre Dame

notre-dame-interior

Author HalPosted on November 15, 2016December 3, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, Interiors, Night, TravelTags France, Paris

Panthéon et Piano

Author HalPosted on November 15, 2016April 15, 2017Categories Architecture, Black & White, Interiors, TravelTags France, Paris

Carving in the Stephansdom

vienna carving

Author HalPosted on October 27, 2015July 2, 2016Categories Architecture, Art, TravelTags Austria, Vienna, Wien

San Vitale altar and colonnade

vitale altar

vitale colonnade

With the Byzantine mosaics of Empress Theodora visible. My point here wasn’t so much to show those mosaics — images of them are widely available — as to show their setting.

Author HalPosted on October 25, 2015October 14, 2017Categories Architecture, Art, Interiors, TravelTags Italy, Ravenna

Ceiling of the Dome

san vitale dome ceiling

…of the Basilica of San Vitale. In Ravenna.

Author HalPosted on October 25, 2015July 8, 2016Categories Architecture, TravelTags Italy, Ravenna

“ENGLAND”

england-campanile

At the base of the Campanile. San Marco Square, Venexia.

Author HalPosted on October 23, 2015July 7, 2016Categories Architecture, Street Photography, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Piazza San Marco

piazza

Author HalPosted on October 23, 2015July 7, 2016Categories Architecture, Landscape, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Guidecca experiment

guidecca experiment

An experiment in Lightroom. Guidecca, from San Giorgio Maggiore. I like the almost charcoal drawing quality.

Author HalPosted on October 22, 2015July 30, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, Landscape, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Guidecca canal

Guidecca canal

From the campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore.

Author HalPosted on October 22, 2015July 27, 2016Categories Architecture, Landscape, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

“Mist”

jaume plensa - mist

“Mist” — an installation at San Giorgio Maggiore by Jaume Plensa for the Biennale.

Author HalPosted on October 22, 2015July 29, 2016Categories Architecture, Art, Interiors, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Palazzo Ducale drapes

Palazzo Ducale drapes

Author HalPosted on October 21, 2015July 27, 2016Categories Architecture, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Iron Halos

gesuiti

Author HalPosted on October 19, 2015July 7, 2016Categories Architecture, Art, TravelTags Italy, Venexia, Venezia, Venice

Belfort

brugge belfort (1080)

In Bruges.

Author HalPosted on August 19, 2014August 17, 2016Categories Architecture, TravelTags Belgium, Bruges, Brugge

Church in the fields

church in the fields

In France, from the train.

Author HalPosted on August 18, 2014August 17, 2016Categories Architecture, Landscape, TravelTags France

National Museum of Ireland

In the Archaeology building, at Kildare St.

Author HalPosted on August 14, 2014May 17, 2017Categories Architecture, Art, Interiors, TravelTags Dublin, Ireland

The Radiator Building

radiator

Author HalPosted on January 25, 2014August 14, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, TravelTags Manhattan, New York, USA

The Lion in Winter

the lion in winter

Author HalPosted on January 25, 2014August 14, 2016Categories Architecture, TravelTags Manhattan, New York, USA

Midtown Manhatthan

midtown-new-york-from-the-empire-state

Taken from the Empire State Building.

Author HalPosted on January 24, 2014October 27, 2016Categories Architecture, Landscape, Night, TravelTags Manhattan, New York, USA

Grand Central clock

grand central clock

Author HalPosted on January 20, 2014August 13, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags Manhattan, New York, USA

Chrysler building sign

chrysler bldg lex ave sign

For the Lexington Avenue exit.

Author HalPosted on January 20, 2014August 13, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags Manhattan, New York, USA

Suzzallo globe

suzzallo globe

In the Suzzallo Library of the University of Washington.

Author HalPosted on July 1, 2008July 29, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags Seattle, USA, Washington state

Seattle Public Library

seattle public library interior

Author HalPosted on June 27, 2008July 30, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags Seattle, USA, Washington state

Walrus at the Arctic Club

arctic club walrus

Author HalPosted on June 27, 2008July 30, 2016Categories Architecture, TravelTags Seattle, USA, Washington state

Art Deco detailing in Pioneer Square

115-S-Jackson-St

115 S Jackson St, Seattle.

Author HalPosted on November 9, 2006July 7, 2016Categories ArchitectureTags Seattle, USA, Washington state

Central Washington University

The wind was blowing very strongly.

Author HalPosted on October 31, 2004November 8, 2021Categories Architecture, TravelTags Ellensburg, USA, Washington state

Centralen

Centralen

The Central train station in Stockholm. So, the crossroads of a country.

Author HalPosted on August 1, 2001September 16, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags Stockholm, Sweden

Gear

gear-in-oakland

At the Oakland Musum of California.

Author HalPosted on July 16, 2001September 16, 2016Categories Architecture, Art, Black & White, Still Life, TravelTags California, Oakland, USA

Colorado St bridge

Colorado St Bridge

Author HalPosted on July 29, 1993July 29, 2016Categories Architecture, Landscape, TravelTags California, Pasadena, USA

Bridges Hall of Music

bridges hall of music

At Pomona College. This picture is unusual in that everything other than the scan was done by hand — the assessment of light (ie, no meter), the developing in the darkroom.

Author HalPosted on July 29, 1992July 29, 2016Categories Architecture, Black & White, TravelTags California, Claremont, USA

St Matthew’s

st matthews by charles moore

St Matthew’s Episcopal church, designed by Charles Moore. In Pacific Palisades, California.

Author HalPosted on September 1, 1988July 29, 2016Categories Architecture, Interiors, TravelTags California, Los Angeles, USA

The Atomic Cafe

atomic-sm

As it was in Los Angeles, circa 1988. The corner of 1st Street and Alameda Street in Little Tokyo.

Author HalPosted on June 28, 1988June 20, 2023Categories Architecture, Night, The Food Project, TravelTags California, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, USA

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