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Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 19 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Kansas City, Missouri
Rolleiflex
Tmax 100
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
another amazing image grant. the shadows of those angled beams give this strength. I also love the slightly tilted light(?) right of the door. They are very security conscious huh ?
19 Jan 2009 6:21am
@Matt Sutton: perhaps bordering on paranoid. thanks matt.
RHYS from United Kingdom
I like the long structures and the consequent long shadows, they balance well with all the horizontal boards up above, and then there's the gridded windows...Knockout shot Grant.
19 Jan 2009 6:31am
@RHYS: thanks rhys
Bill from Belton, United States
A knockout image Grant... replete with strong shadows, lines and geometric shapes. I like this one!
19 Jan 2009 6:56am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Three locks on the door? Almost makes you want to break into the place. As everyone has already said, the shadowplay is wonderful, especially those odd beams coming from the roof. Someday you ought to post a shot from a little further away so we can take in the full wierdness -- I mean splendor -- of this architectural gem.
19 Jan 2009 8:16am
Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States
The shadows and roof supports create a sort of optical illusion. Great shot!
19 Jan 2009 10:02am
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
Very unusual roofline, what a steep angle, good photo grant, really interesting, it would be good to see the whole.
19 Jan 2009 10:26am
Alex from Spain
Que hermosa luz se refleja en etste porche de esta casa tan antigua, quizas por el numero, tu toque personal buenisimo, saludos.
19 Jan 2009 12:56pm
@Alex: thank you alex
Alphons from Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
Is that the number of special and peculiar buildings you have found. Fine composition!
19 Jan 2009 2:25pm
@Alphons: :-) thanks alphons
daina from United States
That could be a cell number :} I like how you framed it so that the shadows form a triangle with the beams. And as usual there is a terrific use of lines (which are everywhere)
19 Jan 2009 4:38pm
@daina: you're so right about the number!
Laura from Birmingham, United Kingdom
wonderful shapes and shadows. Works really well in B&W
19 Jan 2009 4:51pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Slant ceiling like this always makes me dizzy. Great find. Is this a dangerous neighborhood, why the prison bars?
19 Jan 2009 7:17pm
@Howard F.: it seems a little excessive to me. i used to live not far from here. i suppose it's marginal. (although you'd think better, since i moved out...)
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
So simple - but everything about this little place seems improbable?!? The lines, the bars, the bricks, the 'will-be-back-at' time sign - the weird support posts. Alfred Hitchcock architecture?!? Very cool, Grant...
19 Jan 2009 7:30pm
@Stephen Phillips: thanks stephen. it is an odd little place. i can't remember what sort of business it is - an insurance agent office, i think.
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
The prison id closed be back at.... Great shot as always. I have a post tomorrow that was influenced by your work. I gave you credit!
19 Jan 2009 8:52pm
@dogilicious: just saw it - thanks very much!
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Some hefty iron work to keep people either in or out, A nice delicacy to the light and shade, picked up well by the T-Max film.
19 Jan 2009 9:38pm
martie from US, United States
I LOVE it. It looks like the roof is on the wrong way round! Amazing!
20 Jan 2009 3:27am
@martie: thanks martie!
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
An absolute cracker, Grant. Delicious shadow play, strong lines and those window grilles which add drama. A superb photograph
20 Jan 2009 4:32am
Teresa from Mountain View, United States
ooh. Those beams don't look too sturdy....
20 Jan 2009 5:31am
paolo from castelnuovo, Italy
Maybe we are talking about someone that don't like to take any risks,
or maybe the area that is not safe at all !!
20 Jan 2009 3:06pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
It's all the lighting in this one, and a soft texture (soft and yet still sharp) that I wish I could duplicate in photoshop.
20 Jan 2009 4:11pm
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
I especially like the light here and the shadow on the roof.
20 Jan 2009 10:22pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Isn't it amazing how those curved poles made a totally different pattern with the shadow?
20 Jan 2009 10:35pm
michele from Canada
keeping others out or keeping secrets in - hard to say with locks like that. love the shadow on the left and the back at sign.
20 Jan 2009 11:14pm
