Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phillippe, I appreciate the link to the site. I had last visted several years ago and had enjoyed what he had done then. Some of the last postings from the bronze manufacturing plant were fabulous. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 7/17/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >