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Art in the service of religion
Posted on July 3, 2015
In response to this week’s Black & White Challenge from Cee, here is an image of the extraordinarily intricate carving above the great door of Chartres Cathedral.
Abandoned
Posted on May 7, 2015
Here in the depths of the French countryside there is no shortage of abandoned buildings – the ones that even the hardiest expats won’t buy.
A colour version of this image was included in a post entitled ‘Rural Reflections‘ that I put up last year, but I think that the greyscale conversion works well.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate
Posted on May 2, 2015
The intricacy of both the vaulted ceiling and the stained glass window in this image from Chartres Cathedral is a testament to the skills of medieval craftsmen.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall
Posted on March 14, 2015
This is a detail from one of the underpasses – each individually designed – that are dotted along the Corniche in Abu Dhabi.
Posted as a response to this week’s Photo Challenge.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth
Posted on January 31, 2015
Not the most original take on this week’s challenge, but an attractive image nonetheless. Taken at the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular
Posted on November 22, 2014
This is the very imposing (and very angular) exterior of St Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Photography 101: Architecture
Posted on November 18, 2014
A view of – a small part of – the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
In ‘real’ life, of course, this would be shimmering white marble (topped with gold) against a clear blue sky.
Photography 101: Mystery
Posted on November 14, 2014
Q: What lies in the blackness to which the eye is irresistibly drawn?
A: The basement. This was taken (with a Blackberry) leaning over the emergency stairwell on the 23rd floor of my old office building in Abu Dhabi.
The idea of depth – and therefore mystery – depends crucially on the sunlight shining in through the glass exterior from the right, producing the shadows on the stairs on that side and the highlights on the metalwork on the left.
Photography 101: Warmth
Posted on November 13, 2014
Although I’m as secular as they come, I do appreciate the architecture of churches and cathedrals.
Typically, though, the interiors of these buildings are largely of grey stone and emanate anything but warmth. However, this church, in the medieval town of Chauvigny, is an exception, especially when, as in this image, natural sunlight streams through the high windows above the altar.
Photography 101: Landmark
Posted on November 11, 2014
Another image from Petra. This time, the famous Nabataean Treasury but from a more unusual perspective (as per the suggestions in the assignment).
I also like the juxtaposition of the carved monument and the rough stone on the right: like a particularly spectacular ‘before and after’.
I’ve posted some more abstract images from Petra here.
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