Category Archives: architecture

Keep clear

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Time for another black-and-white photograph. In the dock area in Liverpool, you can find these nice brick warehouses that just ooze the industrial atmosphere that I am fond of. Chipped, bleached paint and rust. Lovely, These two metal doors, the one on the right is apparently a fire exit, make for a nicely balanced image. This photo could have been shot anytime from the 1900s I guess, if it weren’t for the cell phone radiation warning sign on the left door. And the anachronistic McDonalds cup, of course. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Work at the Dispensary

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A dramatic black-and-white photograph of a rather grim place from the past. Dispensaries (started in the Georgian era) were charitable institutions where the poor could be treated without having to admit them to hospitals. Medical care was ‘dispensed’, so to speak. Another establishment called ‘the dispensary’ operates in Liverpool: a pub. Presumably alcohol is dispensed here purely for medicinal reasons.

There is some construction work going on. In the back you see one of two cathedrals in Liverpool, this one from of the church of England. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Concrete and Steel

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This picture is shot with the legendary Trioplan 50 mm ‘soap bubble bokeh’ lens from Meyer Optik in Görlitz, in the former eastern Germany. Funny feeling to be shooting with a lens from the 1950s. The shot was with wide open aperture (f 2.9) to maximise the bokeh effect. As a consequence, the concrete building block at the front is sharply focussed, the shed is creamily defocussed and the soap bubbles come out in the steel framework of the building. I like the substance (brick) – plan (framework) contrast. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Mirror window

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Chimneys and antennas, sash windows. I was staying in the Georgian Quarter in Liverpool in an incredibly lovely Bed & Breakfast: 2 Blackburne Terrace. This picture is from the neighbours’ window, reflecting the street view.

Old window panes are not as flat as modern ones, giving rise to nice wobbly reflections. More pictures from my stay are following. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue

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Also in Liverpool, I came across this window that had been decorated with colourful thumb/hand prints. The kids had obviously had fun with their colours but the descriptions  were likely added by an adult. In post-processing, I mirrored the writing, changing the perspective from the inside for the kids to the outside for us.

As I liked the dash of colours in the monotonous brick work, I decided to do some selective colouring of the black-and-white image. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Turbine bags

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Apparently turbine bags (?) and sails are not in high demand anymore. This photo was taken in the surroundings of Albert Docks in Liverpool, England, a few weeks ago. This area is full of decrepit buildings of better shipping/trading days. I spent more or less the entire day shooting with a vintage eastern-German 1960s 35 mm lens (Primagon, Meyer Optik).

More photos to come that are taken with old glass and definitely more from Liverpool. Vintage lenses have heaps of character and I thoroughly enjoy the manual ‘work’ that they demand. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters