Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But the griffiti is funny! Renovated buildings are new, sterile and all the same. Old buildings have individuality and character and somethinhg handmade -- griffiti! >> A very beautiful city indeed... if you like graffiti. Your pictures are >> nice (composition & exposure), but the subject isn't. Sorry, I'm not a >> fan >> of graffiti regardless of how it is juxtapositioned. >> >> JB > > Nor am I a fan of it. But here in Oslo it seems to have a very positive > effect. In my neighborhood (which is something like a real 'hood in > Philly) only the run-down buildings in need of renovation get marked up. > Once a building is renovated, they leave it alone. I almost get the > impression that it speeds up the renovation process. Most of the buildings > need it. The part of town I live in was thrown up in all haste in the > 1890's and not a whole lot has been done to it since then. But now the > younger crowd (with money) are moving in and paying good money for the > buildings and fixing them up. Unfortunately all the renovated ones were in > the shade. There is at least one towards the end of the series. > > But yes, there _is_ a lot of graffiti. > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information