Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice, Don. Esp. the bath room. I can recommend this site if you're interested in this kind of photography. http://abandoned-places.com/ And he shoots M6, too. --- > From: Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:57:50 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW > > I have been fascinated with Atlanta's insensitivity to buildings of > any age. Not far from my house is a small neighborhood of homes built > probably in the late forties that is scheduled to be demolished for a > high rise condominium. What used to be middle to upper middle class > housing has had the valuable moldings, mantels, and bath fixtures > removed and holes punched into the walls to discourage the homeless > from moving in. > > Below is the beginning of my record keeping of these homes. > > First up is a wide view of a bedroom almost as if a storm warning had > caused the owners to flee, leaving their possessions behind them: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/happybirthdayroom > > This is a closer view, the web will probably not show the wrapping > paper proclaiming "Happy Birthday" > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/happybirthdaycloser > > For some reason, I find this image of ivy growing into the room very > engaging: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/windowintojungle > > Likewise, a mostly normal room with the wild taking over almost like a > doomsday SCIFI novel: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/triffidbathroom > > Comments, brickbats, derision, or your poor tired unexposed film all > cheerfully accepted. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >