[Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2022: more Copenhagen vignettes

Douglas Barry imra at iol.ie
Sun Jun 19 05:10:17 PDT 2022


That one doesn't appeal to me. Very who's your Dada a la Hans Bellmer 
with electro mechanical boost. I prefer the Little Mermaid looking away 
disdainfully as the tide of tourism returns - for the moment....
Douglas
Interesting to see an Irish company (Smurfit Kappa) on the the list of 
names on the Danish Industry building - shome mishtake shurely??

On 19/06/2022 11:59, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> This one for me, surreal and bizarre:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hT3nKcc/A
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> Cheers
> Jayanand
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> On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 8:39 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> The conference I was attending in Copenhagen started Wednesday in the
>> evening, so I still had most of the day to myself. I started by taking the
>> train north to Humlebæk to visit one of my favourite spots, the Louisiana
>> Museum of Modern Art, a place where one can enjoy man-made and natural
>> beauty on the shores of Øresund, the strait separating Denmark and Sweden:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rM2x9hw/A
>>
>> After lunch, I went to see some more art, this time in the Kunsthal
>> Charlottenborg, a place in the centre known for their rather avant-garde
>> exhibitions. Much of it was not my cup of tea, but this work by a young
>> Korean artist was rather striking:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hT3nKcc/A
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>> In the evening, I made my way to Langelinie, home of the Langelinie
>> Pavillon where the opening reception was being held. The walk from the
>> commuter train station to Langelinie takes on through the Citadel
>> (Kastellet), old fortifications that never really played any role in wars
>> but now function as a wonderful recreation area:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qrzWNSj/A
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>> Langelinie is also home to the Little Mermaid, one of the world’s most
>> overrated tourist attractions. I usually give it a miss, but since it is
>> only around 150 meters from the Langelinie Pavillon, I passed by it and
>> photographed several conference participants busy making photos:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-wCz9FbF/A
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>> After the reception I went back to my hotel, passing the beautiful square
>> in front of the City Hall, Rådhuspladsen. At this time of year, sunset in
>> Copenhagen is around 10 p.m., and it was far from being dark:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4ddJ3gD/A
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>> Then I walked to my hotel, had a beer and went to bed. Thursday morning
>> the real work was starting and I needed to be fresh.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
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