John Francis wrote:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 07:28:52PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
it's a good idea, but from this side of the Atlantic the old mall doesn't
look very old, and doesn't appear to have any character worth saving. That
doesn't mean I think they should build yet another!
The pictures are well made, but to me they are not really conveying what you
have described above, which is the loss of the local shops that made it
distinctive.
I almost made pretty much the same point earlier. Just looking at the
images Doug presented (excellent though they are, technically) doesn't
tell the whole story. It's hard to tell whether you're looking at the
new mall before opening, or at the old, almost abandoned mall. There's
no real sign of decay; the walkways and walls look almost brand new.
Initially I thought I'd wait until Doug showed a few more images before
commenting, to see if we got a better perspective on the whole story.
Anyway, local shops are not always what they're cracked up to be...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4UuvWxrZtw
That, too, came to my mind :-)
Thanks John and Bob. This was my first run-through, sort of getting my
mind past the idea and into the actual shooting, so yeah, it's incomplete.
There are not many of the local shopkeepers around, most of them having
moved out already, but I do plan to approach those who are left, and to
have some shots of staff with nobody to attend.
Really, it just came to mind to turn this into a project in the last few
days, after I said to my wife the other day, as we were going to the
movie theater, "If I had any money, I could buy that whole mall and turn
it into a really big photo studio." And this was after some lengthy
pondering of what would become of the space.
Thanks again, and I'll keep at it.
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