[Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/10/2019: cold and empty streets

[Ted Grant]

HI NATHAN,
ONCE AGAIN ONE OF YOUR MAGICAL PHOTO ESSAYS OF AVAILABLE LIGHT EXCELLENCE! I HAVE AS USUAL GONE BACK AND FORTH A NUMBER OF TIMES ENJOYING YOUR WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC TALENT COVERING CITIES OF EUROPE AND SCANDANAVIA. MANY BRING BACK MEMORIES OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MANY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS BUT A YOUNG LAD SHOOTING FOR MAGAZINES & GOVERNMENT TOURISM DEPARTMENTS. YOUR PHOTO COVERAGE CERTAINLY FIRES ONE UP TO RETURN FOR ANOTHER GO!;-)
cheers,
ted GRANT-OC

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 1:13 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I am in Helsinki right now, a short business trip before flying on to
> Copenhagen and a few days’ vacation later today. I arrived in Finland on
> Wednesday night, and rather than having dinner with my colleagues (we are 5
> people from the office here), I spent the evening walking around,
> re-discovering the city I used to visit very frequently in the late 1990s
> but had not visited since 2001. I felt a certain pleasure recognising the
> familiar places, despite the bitterly cold temperature—it was below
> freezing even though we are only in October. For that reason, the streets
> were virtually deserted after 9 p.m. Four images from my walk.
>
> Stockmann is a grand old department store in the centre. I remember that
> there was a nice bar in the basement where I sometimes sought escape from
> the cold:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4kvVKNs/A
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> The main Esplanade connecting the centre with the harbour. I used to stay
> in Hotel Kämp, one of the buildings on the left:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hpWz7xd/A
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> Helsinki City Hall:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqd3ZQz/A
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> Sofia Street with the Lutheran cathedral in the background:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RVMqpXs/A
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> Of all the cities I have visited, Helsinki is the one that changes the
> most from winter to summer. On a July day when the sun barely sets, these
> streets look like a Mediterranean town.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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