I'm liking this, love to see more.
The naming idea, which was pretty much dead through the 80's and 90's
does seem to be coming back, purely for marketing purposes though. I've
noticed that most new developments seem to be named, although they don't
use traditional names (Spire:The Condominium is going up next to work
right now, I keep thinking it was named by the folks from White Wolf,
the RPG publisher)
-Adam
frank theriault wrote:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=585048
When I was a kid growing up in the late 50's and early 60's, apartment
buildings had names. Often in gold-leaf lettering on the main doors,
of as some sort of prominent signage on the front wall, it seemed that
every building had a name.
That trend seems to be over now, as new rental apartment buildings
seem to be decidedly lower class affairs, not worthy of going to all
the trouble of being named
Such nomenclature seems anachronistic and quaint to me now, as do the
names themselves: "mansions" and "courts" abound in the older parts
of Toronto, and names such as "The Sussex", "The Avalon" and "The
Merlin" tell of headier days, when sophisitcated urbanites inhabited
these grand residences.
Most of them are crumbling now, their days of glory long since having past.
I've taken a few photos (never printed) with various 35mm cameras, but
back when my shoulder injury forced me to use my waist-level
viewfindered Yashicamat, it occured to me that doing a series of these
old places in 6x6 medium format, taken with a 50 year old camera might
be kind of interesting.
I've only taken about 2 rolls so far, and I'll be getting at least one
print per week done up. These are my first two (but by all means they
may not make it into the final series - however big this series may
end up).
Any comments WRT these first two photos, and the idea for the series
generally, are appreciated.
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
