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Friday Photography Blog #19 [UPDATED]

by LEP
Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 03:48:23 AM EST

Greetings. It's Friday again; it's Photo Blog #19. Today, in addition to Photos As Usual we'll dig out our old photos of history, historical objects or people. If you'd like to use photos you've already posted please do so; as the new photo season approaches a lot of us are getting short of new photos to post.
I have several photos yet to post from the exhibition "100 Years of Paris in Color" which remains at the Hotel de Ville until March 31. If you can get there it's worth it.
This one was taken around 1920. It's some art academy students, maybe doing the "rite of spring." This group didn't need hallucinogens, that's for sure.

So, show us what you've got. Update [2008-1-26 14:18:31 by LEP]: Thanks everyone for posting your photos and your comments. To me, this was the most interesting photo blog yet!

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Friday Photography Blog #19 [UPDATED] | 128 comments (128 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

historical photos

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 03:50:14 AM EST

Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

This photo is self explanatory.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 03:54:17 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

I think this is a view from under the Pont de Grenelle (hard by Jerome's place) upriver to what was then called the Pont de Passy (suitably decorated with arches for the occasion). So the colourful pavilions by the river would be on the long island a number of us have strolled along on ET meet-ups, on our way to that funny towaer in the background.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:20:22 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

Postcards of the 1937 Paris Expo:

The exposition was dominated by the monster pavilions, facing off against each other, of Nazi Germany (left) and the Soviet Union (right).

Picture taken from the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:28:24 AM EST
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The German pavilion (4.00 / 9)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:30:27 AM EST
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The Soviet pavilion (4.00 / 9)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:32:36 AM EST
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Re: The Soviet pavilion (none / 0)

They both look like that Mussolini architecture.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:44:37 AM EST
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Re: The Soviet pavilion (none / 1)

Well... Speer after this "glorious design", did help to conceive the "final solution"...! He is still felt as a stain in Architecture, even though the "mad scientist syndrome" could apply to a great number of egocentric architects !

It's, alas, not a new thing...
"Houses are built to live in and not to look on."
Essays, 45-Francis Bacon, 1561-1626

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:53:45 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 7)

Five photos from the "1984" days of Petain.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 04:03:24 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

"Savoie" is mentioned in several propaganda posters as a "terrorist" state... :-)
Must have been about Oisans and Grésivaudan maquis !

Those have a look of underexposed Ektachromes. I must find some time to go to the gallery show...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 09:56:33 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

margouillat:

Those have a look of underexposed Ektachromes.

I could have made the colors more natural with photoshop, but I thought I should present them as exhibited.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:49:39 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

No, no... It was more about what film could have been used in 1944 !
And maybe about restoration techniques :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:14:39 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

I could have made the colors more natural with photoshop, but I thought I should present them as exhibited.

I love the look of those pics. Don't photoshop!

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:30:46 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

The dark blue tint does reflect the bizarreness of the period, No?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 03:15:03 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

I do think I don't remember this blue tint was a strong on the projected photos - that maybe was caused by photographing a projection...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 07:03:49 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

I'm going to post the rest of the photos that I took next week; 4 during the occupation, one of the liberation, and 4 just after the war. The first 5 all have a bluish tint, which might indicate that only a certain kind of film (agfa?) was available during the war.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 09:58:27 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

No doubt Agfa, I don't see who would have been using Kodacolor in occupied France. There are some photos here by a wartime photographer who says (and you can see them) the photos he took on Agfa film were bluish.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:17:32 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Lep: good idea, I would like to see those !
afew: I agree but then Agfa changed a lot after the war !

The trouble in typing slowly is that the answers are already there when you manage to post !!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:27:56 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

I don't know if you saw the photo blogs from the previous two weeks. I posted about 17 photos of Paris from 1907 to 1920.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:14:58 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Should have been Agfacolor or Kodacolor in those times or Kodachrome or again Ektachrome as those were around for some time...
Ekta has a blue dominance while the three others were inspired by the Lumière's Autochrome and had (and still have for some) a magenta tint !

I was just wondering what sort of film one could get in Paris in 1944... I would think it to be Agfacolor and the blue being a restoration density artefact !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:03:53 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Were you responding to me but didn't know it?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:08:10 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Well... To linca and you... And also to myself, maybe also to afew who overexposed one picture to decipher the billboards..! :-)

While B&W chemicals were easy to find, color negatives or slides would have been quite a problem to get right in those times (unless you belonged to some propaganda staff or military photographer)!

Just musing around !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:23:26 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

The exhibition explained there were two sets of color photographs from the Paris Occupation ; a French photographer working for the French collaborationist press, who also shot the Paris liberation and got his professional card revoked after the war, and a German technician who was fond of photographing women ;)

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 12:02:05 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

aybe we can go back in February. You take some notes and I try to shoot some more photos without being arrested. the we can do a proper diary.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 12:08:18 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 7)

Let's lighten this one up:

Following the pavilion face-off at the Paris Expo higher upthread, here we have the face-off in the posters during the war in, apparently, Nice (see above hoarding).

On the left, the Nazis were of course fighting terra. The Reds were guilty of Katyn, Vinnitza (I don't know what happened there except it's a Ukrainian town that was nastily visited by the SS Einsatzgruppen...), and the Haute Savoie (as margouillat notes), probably because of maquis activity.

What is the adjectif after "TERRORISME" that is hidden by the passer-by? Sibérien? ???

To the right, we have the good guys who are out in the snow fighting terra: the F that is visible is the end of LVF, the Légion des Volontaires Français, a French Kollabo volunteer unit that fought on the Eastern front. There were not many volunteers.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:04:00 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Heh. STALINIEN...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:05:47 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Did you call me ? :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:15:19 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Not many volunteers, but many poor alsatians kids that were dragged into it, more so at the end of the war...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:19:00 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

True, though they weren't in the LVF as far as I know, but in the Waffen-SS or the Wehrmacht (see Malgré-nous).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:30:33 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Probably could've attracted more collabos for the eastern front if they had thought to give them gloves...

Mais c'est un scandâââle!!

by redstar on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 12:47:55 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Vinnitza (I don't know what happened there except it's a Ukrainian town that was nastily visited by the SS Einsatzgruppen...)

One location during Stalin's Great Terror, exhumed and propagandised by the SS while they filled their own mass graves nearby. Read it here.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:16:57 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

OK, it's a different spelling that Wikipedia didn't bring up for me.

I never fail to be surprised by how sensitive the Nazis were to "atrocity propaganda". That is, they flogged it for all it was worth against the Soviets, but also claimed Jewish complaints about bad treatment before the war were invented. What I'm thinking is that they were aware of the damage it could cause to others and to them if massacres and atrocities were publicised, yet the Allies (West™) always fought shy of using their knowledge of Nazi atrocities (of organised mass murder by the end of 1942) and never fully used it as a propaganda weapon.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 08:46:23 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Ah Hum...Modern day propaganda seems just similar...?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:06:10 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 4)

Propaganda on both sides in WWII was extremely sophisticated. Here's the example from before the war that I was thinking of: the Nazis deflecting attention from reports of growing discrimination against and mistreatment of Jews.

I'd seen the same poster in a different setting. It calls on good Germans to fight die jüdische Creuelpropaganda by buying in German (non-Jewish) shops. A good German lady looks on. The photo tells the story of what good Germans should be doing, etc -- addressed ostensibly, therefore, to a German public.

Er, but what's wrong with that analysis?

Why is the message translated into English?

For which public is the photo (and others like it) really intended? I'd say British and particularly American. The keywords are "Jewish atrocity propaganda". There had been false atrocity propaganda during WWI, and the Nazis were cashing in on it by suggesting Jewish claims of mistreatment were bogus. Muddying the waters...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:42:18 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

"Calomniez, calomniez, il en restera toujours quelque chose" (Francis Bacon

The english part of the picture is indeed surprising ! The fact that it isn't in french too, would aim more at the US then at UK (as after all the french were supposed to be "ze" great military power in the neighborhood)?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:56:08 AM EST
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Sad reminder. (4.00 / 5)

A photo of a placque on a college (jr. high school) in the 18th of Paris. One sees these all over Paris.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:20:19 AM EST
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Re: Sad reminder. (4.00 / 2)

Here's another example, a photo I took last August in Paris 18th.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:29:08 AM EST
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Left Bank bookstore tribute (4.00 / 7)

to Samuel Beckett.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 08:41:53 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 9)

Normandy - remnants of D-Day

Belle Epoque and bloody epoch:

Montaubon - history pageant - the Revolution. It's also the birthplace of Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a leader of the May 68 demonstrators:

Montaubon

In 1360, at the Treaty of Brétigny, it was ceded to the English; they were expelled by the inhabitants in 1414. [muttering: "We'll be back - wait till the UK house price inflation".]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauban

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 08:43:13 AM EST
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Florence too (4.00 / 2)

More nice photos and fascinating historical facts in my Florence diary :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 08:49:10 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 9)

Here are a few shots I've taken over the last 6 months...

Memorial plaque, Berlin

DDR monument, Berlin

Early Benz invention, Stuttgart

From inside the Deutscher Dome, Berlin

Painting from the Alte Deutsche Kunst Museum

Windmill, Potsdam

From the Pergamon, Berlin

Soviet space suit, ESA Astronaut Training Center

He's not an object but he's historic! My grandfather...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:46:17 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 5)

DDR monument, Berlin

No, that's the Soviet War Memorial, built by the Soviets themselves, which pre-dates the formation of East Germany (DDR) by four years.

Some might find it might interesting that there is one in Wienna, too, there called Soviet Heroes' Monument, and it's well-maintained. (Where the cruel irony is that many of those 'heroes' have, after the express approval of their generals, committed the two biggest rampages of mass rape after the taking of just these two cities.)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:28:52 PM EST
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Mayan Cities of Pelenque and Comalcalco (4.00 / 7)

These are historical in the sense that the places they reflect are not as they were in 1989 when these photos were taken, and in 1989 they were certainly different than they were in the 1970s when I first visited them. Both cities date to the Mayan classical period Circa 800AD. In 1970, Comalcalco was untouched. My wife's archaeologist 1st cousin Ponciano Salazar Ortegon was the first to systematically excavate, restore and record information about Comalcalco. We visited him at the ruins before his death and he pulled out a carbon copy of his first manuscript and gave it to me (I still have it.) Pelenque was devoid of tourists when we visited in 1970. Only an old groundskeeper was present.

Temple of the Inscriptions - Pelenque

Tomb of King Pakal the Great within the Temple of the Inscriptions

I believe this imposing structure is named "The Palace"

Some other structures at Pelenque

Largest pyramid at Comalcalco, western limit of the Mayan civilization. Constructed of mud bricks.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:03:24 PM EST
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Re: Mayan Cities of Pelenque and Comalcalco (none / 0)

Thanks for posting Gringo. You always have most interesting photos.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:29:11 PM EST
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Re: Mayan Cities of Pelenque and Comalcalco (none / 1)

As always, my pleasure. I have plenty of photos left, just need to keep scanning.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:03:22 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

My 3 favourites.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:27:49 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

The last one triggers memories... :-)
But mines were in India between Darjeeling and Kalimpong...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:45:38 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

...now you have to re-post the picture in the picture too, and I hope de Gondi will see it...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:11:28 PM EST
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Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (4.00 / 3)

Here is your detail scan of the picture on the wall:

As I told last time you posted it, it was damn familiar for me. Of course it was -- I was there!

But it is not in Italy. Just North of it: Brig, Switzerland, the Stockalper Castle and the College Church, with the Riederhorn in the background:

Webcam with the Stockalper Castle:

I had a suspicion about Switzerland, because those special arm-rests for wooden seats are a 'luxury' I'd expect only there, and indeed now I found a picture of a former SBB 3rd class wooden interior:

So if the inscription above the door is "Don't smoke" in Italian, Fran was right, and this was somewhere in the Italian part of Switzerland at the end of WWII.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 06:23:27 AM EST
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Re: Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (none / 0)

When are you supposed to join the serial "the experts" team...? :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 07:06:41 AM EST
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Re: Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (none / 0)

? Is that a TV show?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 07:31:37 AM EST
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Re: Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (none / 1)

Ah yes, I should have thought that it's the french title..
It should go as CSI in an international fashion !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 09:56:34 AM EST
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Re: Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (4.00 / 2)

Well, still difficult reference because I don't watch it (eyes glaze over in 10 seconds), but I know it's about murder scene evidence analysts. Fortunately, no murder involved in my investigations :-)

BTW, another modern picture of Brig with a better (but still valley-bottom) view of the church to the right of the castle:

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:13:07 AM EST
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Re: Found it! (My weekend is saved!) (none / 0)

Impressive! And you have your weekend back now :)
Wow. I really am impressed, well done.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 07:10:05 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

I've a scanning job to do. I now have my great-grandma's photo collection. Plenty of photos from the early 1900's, some even from late 1800's and some from the Finnish Civil War (1918). Very sadly my great-grandma's sight failed years before she passed away in 2000 and we never got round to putting names to all the people in the photos. We tried once, sitting at her tiny kitchen table, I describing the pictures and she trying to remember who was who - she could not see the photos anymore but was able to remember them still quite well. Still, many of the photos remained unrecognized.

So if you have historical family photos and someone who remembers who is in them and what the occasion was, do write it down! One day you'll probably want to know; it's family history...

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:43:33 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

Yes, I've been through that (and still do ), but happily most of the prints have penciled who, what, where and when...

The trouble is that sometimes the "who" doesn't even ring a bell to the matriarch (95 years old mother)... Who jokingly evacuates the problem by saying it must have been her/his lover/mistress... Which usually sends a chilling return glance from that part of the family :-)

Those were the times... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:33:24 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 5)

My maternal grandparents. My grandfather died in Belgium during WWI, my grandmother in the flu pandemic of 1918 which caused the death of 50 million people.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 10:53:58 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

That photo reminds me that my mother would have been 100 years old yesterday.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:18:10 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

You are only a year older than my Dad. His Mother will be celebrating her 100th in 4 weeks time.

It's a big year for birthdays in our family - my gran, 100; my dad, 70; my sister, 45; me, 30.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:38:06 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Let's hope you have your gramma's genes.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:53:52 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

My father's mother died in the 1918 flu pandemic, too...

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 05:25:32 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

I bet everyone has relatives who died in it. I think it was two great-grandmothers for me.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 05:48:01 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

photos as usual

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 03:50:56 AM EST

From estHer. (4.00 / 5)

Study in red.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 04:12:20 AM EST
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From estHer. (4.00 / 5)

Oh my God!

In color.

In black and white.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 04:18:52 AM EST
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Re: From estHer. (none / 0)

I prefer the black and white.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 08:43:45 AM EST
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Re: From estHer. (4.00 / 2)

I prefer the opposition between the reddish tints and the grey pullover :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 12:48:05 PM EST
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Sheesh, it's COLD! (4.00 / 11)

January 24 is the statistically coldest day of the year in Minnesota. This year, is was -28° C on our thermometer at 0600. In the afternoon, I went out to check on the progress of our historical preservation project.

The valley settled by the Norwegian immigrants. Notice how there are no signs of life--even tough guys stay inside when it so cold.

Sunset on a graveyard. Before power tools, no one would think to try to dig a grave in such hard ground. This fresh grave was covered with frozen dirt. I'll bet the graveside service was VERY short!

Our project nears completion. Note the extensive use of copper flashing. The pioneers certainly never used such luxury building materials but as the folks who first built this little church were the model for Thorstein Veblen's "Instinct of Workmanship," we assume they would have used copper if they had had access to it.

Did I mention that it was VERY cold when these pictures were taken?

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

by techno (reply@elegant-technology.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:21:43 AM EST
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Re: Sheesh, it's COLD! (none / 0)

Thanks techno. Cold and beautiful!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:28:58 AM EST
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Re: Sheesh, it's COLD! (none / 0)

Lovely photos and it does look very cold!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:00:24 AM EST
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Re: Sheesh, it's COLD! (4.00 / 9)

Thanks guys.

And just to remind ourselves what this area looks like when the temperatures are more like 33°C...

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

by techno (reply@elegant-technology.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:01:13 AM EST
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Re: Sheesh, it's COLD! (none / 0)

I think I'll stick to visiting in the warmer months. After you lot sort out your government a bit.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:10:11 AM EST
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Re: Sheesh, it's COLD! (none / 1)

Wait out our wicked government? Hope that happens in your lifetime.

Actually, the MAIN reason I get involved with Scandinavian identity preservation projects is to remind myself and others that if WE had any influence on this government, it would not be so insane / wicked.

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

by techno (reply@elegant-technology.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:41:08 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

I can't access photobucket from work so I'll add mine this evening!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:01:32 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 9)

TGIF!

Somewhere in cyberspace, the ghost of de Chardin is smiling.

by budr on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:31:20 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

I tought it was a "racoon" hat at first !
Incredible cat :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:38:51 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 7)

A study in excess

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:21:53 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Well that's definitely showing you who's in charge. ;-)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:32:37 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Hi geezer, have you seen the solution to your riddle from last week?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:39:58 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

I didn't see it. Very impressive DoDo!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 02:17:34 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

You're right. As soon as I saw the name, it came back to me. Ivonne agrees.
Incredibly lovely town--but whathehell is a rollmop? Sounds more like a cleaning device than an edible treat.

Thanks to all who helped out.

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 12:37:22 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Looks like the "patron" of the péniche (is it one ?)
In the background, the music plays "Le chaland qui passe"... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 05:52:17 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 9)

Gee... I think I have mastered the "where to reply" thing... Duh ! (sorry for the mess up there).

This one is more about the mood of a frozen morning alongside the Seine...

And gull's population is increasing alarmingly!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:05:32 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

Very pretty.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 10:34:17 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Perhaps because I have a thing for things that fly, I like this shot the best of them all.
A gull, perhaps one of the best flyers of them all, in high-lift config, just before touchdown. Great shot--great resolution.
What camera and lens did you use?

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 12:42:37 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Thanks' ! A Nikon D200 with a 60/2.8 AF lens in this case, but usually I prefer my old MF lenses...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 03:12:45 AM EST
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Have some Cats. (4.00 / 7)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 12:46:54 PM EST
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Re: Have some Cats. (4.00 / 4)

ah, I see you, too, have cats of the ultra-rare tabby strain. :-)

by Loefing on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:06:55 PM EST
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Re: Have some Cats. (none / 0)

Thats Mehefin. (I can't persuade my brother-in-law that it's Welsh and that I didn't intend the semi-Pun)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:29:05 PM EST
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Re: Have some Cats. (none / 0)

Well, as long as Mehefin takes it with humor.

by Loefing on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 02:14:45 PM EST
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Re: Have some Cats. (4.00 / 2)

Oh she takes almost anything with a smile on her face. (apart from competition over chicken)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 03:01:44 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

still winter, and the local fauna are spending a lot of time in town.

a very calm 10 point "muley" buck, lurking under the juniper in the side garden:

and the track of a puma [mountain lion/cougar] from the front garden:

by town on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:33:29 PM EST
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Mule deer doe with two fawns (4.00 / 6)

on Dog Mountain, Skamania County WA -

On top of Dog Mountain (1000 m) in the Spring fog -

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:55:32 PM EST
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Re: Mule deer doe with two fawns (4.00 / 2)

Lovely photos Paul. Thanks for posting.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 03:05:50 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

Skaters in front of Notre Dam today.

rubberlegs

heel and toe

Rollerduck

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 02:05:49 PM EST
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Tabasco, Mexico (4.00 / 7)

Our old well and pump room. Ilford XP2 Super. Taken in the dark with the only illumination coming from the places you see.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:06:48 PM EST
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Tabasco, Mexico (4.00 / 6)

Marsh plants and flowers, Ilford XP2 Super

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:08:41 PM EST
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Shanghai Skyline (4.00 / 7)

First photo taken with my new from the factory Chinese Seagull 109 TLR medium format camera! Exposure was estimated. Fuji 100ASA B&W.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:17:13 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 9)

by Loefing on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:28:17 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

These are beautifully delicate.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:37:24 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

<smiles, here>

I appreciate your choice of the word 'delicate', particularly.

by Loefing on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 11:14:26 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 8)

Holga! A Chinese plastic camera with fixed aperture and speed. You need duct tape to fix the light leaks. Then you load up some expired 120 roll film and go have fun.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:36:40 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

The Lomo was just like the Holga :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:47:41 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Yep! Both belong to the same creative plastic lens tradition. :-D

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:50:53 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Much like the Lubitel

by Loefing on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:17:33 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Yes, you're right, the Lubitel was a 120 film format... You remind me I had one... Now where did I archive it ???

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:36:22 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 7)

It's not yet midnight, so I'll have another go... :-)

For the "greener" part of the audience :-)
Freïburg, at the end of the Vauban district, a low energy consumption building...

The colored slabs hide a particle filter and a heat exchange system for natural ventilation between a busy street and the apartments. The main building (on the picture) shields smaller row houses (picture 2) from the phonic disturbance of the very motorized street !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:00:41 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Again, interesting colors and shapes, and superb resolution.
What camera/lens?

Grabbing what you can, as John Ruskin said, isn't any less wicked when you grab it with the power of your brains than with the power of your fists.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 12:50:19 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

This time it was the 18-70 DX zoom (kit lens), as it was handy for the trip to Tübingen, Voraltberg and Freïburg, and still the same good old D200 :-)

The stencils were shot with the 50/1.4 S and the 85/2 AIS respectively !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 03:18:56 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 7)

Should count as "historical" nowadays... A left over, hidden behind a billboard in rue Gay Lussac :-)

It's always about poetry...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:48:45 AM EST

Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Is this from the 60's?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:57:56 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Yes... It's an original tag from may 68.

Just after the events a new billboard was set on the old wall. 39 years later it was torn down for a new "high tech" one, revealing this archeological surprise :-) . The tag stayed for about a month before being erased, the wall grouted anew, then the new billboard was set up !

I'm sure there are others waiting to see the light again :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:05:48 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

Excellent find!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:08:43 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Er... I realize I posted in the wrong section ! I didn't see the titles while scrolling... Sorry !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:19:57 AM EST

Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Not a problem.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:21:39 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Hi LEP, saw the update... And wanted to thank you for the extra work :-)

I went back in time and read the precedent pictures blogs (or diaries, or salon ?) to see from where we came from (I did miss a lot being out of ET for some time) !

The "salon" format (history, nowadays, klatsch, etc.) might be a good idea, as it triggers appropriate responses... I just hope the server doesn't go haywire with all that bandwidth used !

After all, we do live in a picture driven society... A friend of mine once asked me "What do we do with the artifacts of image"?... I'm still musing about it without having a answer !

Still, photography is the "enfant du siècle" (child of the century), because of that, it's nice that ET found a place for it :-)
Next time we might chat about Capa's "Mexican suitcase" and HCB's beliefs ?
Thanks' again ...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 12:51:30 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 1)

I'm very glad you found us margouillat. You bring a lot of life and intellect to the photo blog. I hope you can stay with us for a while. And it might be an interesting idea to have a salon format. I'll mention it to In Wales if she hasn't seen this already.
I don't know if you're aware that we are going to have our first film discussion blog on Friday, Feb. 8th. Right now we're planning a monthly film blog. The films for that first one are THE SERPENT'S EGG and CABARET. Please join us if that interests you.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 05:46:40 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

When is the next one again? The one I'm supposed to be running?

I bought a new DVD of Seven Samurai to refresh my memory and it turned out to be a crappy Chinese knock-off without subtitles. And it is far too exotic for my local rental store - though I did find 'Garden State' amd 'It's all gone Peter Tong' with Paul Kaye, on Friday.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 05:56:16 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Your date is March 14th. You have a bit of time.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 06:02:17 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (none / 0)

Oh good grief - I could make a movie in that time ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 06:06:00 PM EST
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The Seven Scrambling Lieutenants (none / 0)

Directed by Sven Triloqvist.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 06:09:08 PM EST
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The Magnificent Sven (4.00 / 3)

LOL

"Poor villagers threatened by financial bandits enlist the help of Don Jérôme and six other theoryslingers. In the final battle the bandits are routed, but the Seven lose their mortgages. The peasants meanwhile hear that they have won the lottery and buy plasma TVs for everyone in the village"

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 06:18:36 PM EST
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Re: The Magnificent Sven (none / 0)

That's "the seven Mafiosi's"... :-)
I remember well cabaret... But cant' recall The Snake and egg one ???? But my daughter must have that one ! It might be another title in french though... I'll have a look !

It's not only about concrete...!!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Jan 27th, 2008 at 06:40:29 PM EST
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Re: The Magnificent Sven (none / 0)

I though it was the one about the bloggers threatened by trolls...

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 28th, 2008 at 05:56:24 AM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 11)

While this one isn't "historical", it hints at the "danger" of Art...

Which as we all know can be quite subversive :-)

This stencil plays, of course, with the usual sign "beware of fresh paint", this one was on a works' bin, which added to the "clin d'oeil" !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 07:36:18 AM EST

Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

I'm not the only fan of stencils then!!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 05:21:54 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 2)

Nope... :-) I do have a nice collection of pictures of stencils, but most are on film and I don't know where to start in my goal to scan all my "old" pictures ( I already started with the "really old" glass plates of my grand parents !)...

Maybe when I'll be retired !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 06:25:26 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photography Blog #19 (4.00 / 3)

Ah days in the 80's running from representatives of authorities with paint on my fingers ;)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 08:18:15 PM EST
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