Posted on June 15, 2020
British readers of a certain age will understand the reference if I were to say that this week “we’re going through the…..round window”.
Category: Windows Tagged: Architecture, Azay-le-Ferron, chateau, Monday Window, Windows
Posted on June 12, 2020
I spotted this little statue of a sanglier (wild boar) through an aRchway in the old town of Perigueux.
The curve of the boar\s back echoes that of the archway and contrasts with the more formal geometric shapes of the stonework and the steps.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: must contain the letter ‘R’
Category: Black & White Tagged: Architecture, archway, Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Perigueux, statue, Wild Boar
Posted on May 11, 2020
Any village around here worth its salt has a medieval church, but the one at Blond – which, unusually, is fortified – is one of the more impressive. Note the thickness of the walls.
#MondayWindow 11 May 2020
Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Architecture, Blond, Church, Monday Window, Stained Glass
Posted on April 13, 2020
Admittedly, it’s not the windows but rather the painted ceiling that’s the main point of interest here in this image from St. Mary’s church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. However, they are quite impressive in their own right….
#MondayWindow 13 April 2020
Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Architecture, Beverley, ceiling, Church, St Mary's Church, Windows
Posted on March 18, 2020
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week gives me the opportunity to post another image taken in the Chapel of St Blaise in Pompadour. This follows on from this week’s Monday Window Challenge.
As a reminder, for the next few weeks Cee is asking us to pick up on an element of a photo she herself has posted. As the relevant image contains a mural, here is the dramatic painting behind the altar in St Blaise’s. The whole of the interior – walls and ceiling, totalling some 300 square metres – is covered in similar images with the same colour scheme. It’s not the Sistine Chapel, but it is certainly quite spectacular in its own way.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge 18 March 2020
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Architecture, Art, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Chapel of St Blaise, Church, Mural, Pompadour
Posted on March 11, 2020
The headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) on The Corniche is a landmark in Abu Dhabi.
It’s also where I toiled (figuratively speaking) for the last ten years of my working life, the final part of which was spent in an office on the inner side of the left hand tower, somewhere near the bottom of this image. It was on the 23rd floor, so from ground level you’d certainly have to look upwards.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: point your camera upwards
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ADIA, Architecture, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Look Up
Posted on March 9, 2020
Who’d be a window cleaner here at Abbaye de la Reau?
Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Abbaye de la Reau, Architecture, Windows
Posted on February 12, 2020
This colonnade of marble columns at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi seems to go on forever.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vanishing Point
Category: Composition Tagged: Abu Dhabi, Architecture, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Leading Lines, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Vanishing Point
Posted on February 7, 2020
I’ve been intrigued by this building ever since I first saw it over ten years ago. It is just outside the boundary of a shopping centre on the outskirts of Limoges.
I have no idea what it is, but the combination of shapes – including a spiral staircase – certainly fits the bill for Cee’s Black & White theme this week of ‘Geometry’.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Geometry
Category: Black & White Tagged: Architecture, Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Geometry, Limoges, Staircase
Posted on January 13, 2020
Although this window is part of the edifice of one of the grandest buildings in Bruges, it’s a little surprising to find it at the end of a very narrow and nondescript alleyway.
Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Architecture, Bruges, Monday Window, Windows