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Monochrome Madness: Symmetry
Posted on September 20, 2025
The theme for the latest iteration of Monochrome Madness is ‘symmetry’ – which is always something that most photographers are on the lookout for.
Architecture – especially classical architecture – is usually a good place to look for symmetry in an image, and I think it certainly works here, in a view of the imposing nave of the Collegiale in Le Dorat.
Monochrome Madness: Places of Worship
Posted on January 10, 2025
This is a detail of the carving over the east door of the Collegiale in Le Dorat – a massive church, although neither abbey nor cathedral. The presence of the small statue – no doubt of a saint – and its contrast with the curves of the repeated arches adds interest to the image.
Clock
Posted on September 24, 2021
The Collegiale church in Le Dorat has an imposing tower with a four-sided steepled roof. Fortuitously, there is a clock on each side of this sloping roof (which meets the criterion for this week’s Black & White Challenge) and as the sun sets on a very bright day, there is a pleasing contrast between the light and shady sides.
Indeed, I think this is brought out more effectively with a monochrome treatment, as here.
Monday Window: Le Dorat
Posted on November 9, 2020
Quite a contrast in the state of repair of the windows – not to mention the roofs – of these adjoining buildings in the Place Collègiale in Le Dorat.
As I recall, that boulangerie did a mean pain aux raisins.
Monday Window: Le Dorat (again)
Posted on October 26, 2020
Another quietly decaying window in the main shopping street (yes, really) of Le Dorat
Monday Window: Le Dorat
Posted on October 5, 2020
You’re obviously not supposed to use this window, in the village of Le Dorat, as either an entry or exit point. So is it really a window?
Monday Window – Le Dorat
Posted on December 30, 2019
The nearby town of Le Dorat hosted the ‘Mondial de Tonte’ (that’s the world sheep-shearing championships) back in July. For such an occasion, the place was, naturally, ‘en fête’, with most shop doors and windows being decorated with amusing pictures such as this one:
(You can find more of these images here)
Thursday Doors: Le Dorat
Posted on July 19, 2019
This week, a final selection of doors from nearby Le Dorat and we’re back in our comfort zone with some gloriously tatty examples.
This is probably the pick of the bunch – no doubt a shop way back in the mists of time:
More abandoned examples:
These next two come with ‘matching’ shutters:
And finally, almost covered in foliage:
Thursday Doors 18 July 2019
Thursday Doors: Le Dorat – Celebrating The Mondial
Posted on July 11, 2019
Last week I promised more doors from Le Dorat, but with a bit of a twist, so here we have it.
Last weekend, the nearby town (although it prefers to think of itself as a petit cité) of Le Dorat played host to the world sheep-shearing championships. It may well have passed you by, since France was also at the same time the venue of the FIFA Women’s Football World Cup, but it was a big thing round these parts, where the sheep comfortably outnumber the human population.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get to the event itself, but a few weeks earlier I paid a visit to Le Dorat to take a look at some of the celebratory artwork that was appearing on shop windows and shop doors in anticipation.
To begin with, some double shopfronts, starting with the local kebab shop:
Rather more upmarket, there was the Traiteur (that’s a deli to the likes of us):
And I can’t recall what this was:
For the next two, you’ll just have to take my word that they are on doors – of, respectively, the bank and an insurance broker:
All very impressive, but it was nice to see that even some more traditional doors were getting into the spirit (even if only by association):
Thursday Doors 11 July 2019
Thursday Doors: Le Dorat revisited
Posted on July 4, 2019
The petit cité de caractère (as it likes to style itself) of Le Dorat has featured in this thread before, albeit only once and that almost three years ago. A recent visit – for a specific purpose that will be revealed next week – yielded quite a few previously undiscovered doors of character, starting with this impressive ironwork on the door of a butcher’s shop:
Echoing this style is the door….er, next door:
Two doors for the price of one next, although the impressive stonework surround gives the edge to the one on the right:
And here’s another with an even more elaborate surround:
But before we get carried away with ideas of grandeur, here are a couple of doors that could be politely described as derelict:
Thursday Doors 4 July 2019
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