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Post by Kimby on Jul 19, 2010 6:56:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2010 19:08:09 GMT
Old wall but new signage!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 12, 2010 0:28:06 GMT
I missed seeing Kimby's exceptionally good picture before. There's something about that faded border of green, plus the homely incidental details, such as the bike on the porch, that really make this a satisfying photo.
That Evian sign has the bizarre quality of making itself seem real and the building seem fake!
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Post by Kimby on Sept 16, 2010 5:29:00 GMT
Thanks bixa.
Did you notice the faces on the parapets (if that's the right word)?
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 16, 2010 8:42:38 GMT
Yes! Are they masks, or are they faces? Either way, what are they doing up there?
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Post by Kimby on Sept 16, 2010 15:32:45 GMT
I don't know. I didn't see them myself, until I took a closer look for the "green border" bixa mentioned, which I also hadn't seen. ;-)
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 27, 2010 21:05:04 GMT
I remember seeing these signs since I was a little girl.. This is a shop now...but my Dad says that he remembers it as a cinema in the 1930s...The Electric Theatre no less...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2010 21:19:25 GMT
I am now worrying about chemists who had no examination.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 28, 2010 4:14:48 GMT
I love that chemists building! What is the round part at the top, Cheery?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 30, 2010 18:24:16 GMT
um....it's just another fancy bit of the building. Leicester has loads of old buildings that were originally built for one purpose and then ended up being taken over and converted to shops, offices and homes...lately a lot of old factories have been turned into luxury appartments (that nobody can afford to buy...)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2010 19:03:42 GMT
It's the same on the continent, often with quirky results.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2010 14:58:35 GMT
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Jan 20, 2011 16:09:36 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 20, 2011 18:07:16 GMT
I love the last two examples.
This is one of those threads that really opened my eyes to things around me that had gone unnoticed before.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 17:30:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2011 17:31:25 GMT
If you look closely, you can see that it is actually a stretched canvas in front of the wall.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 7, 2011 20:09:11 GMT
And probably not technically "old signage" either....
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Post by Kimby on Feb 7, 2011 20:11:01 GMT
This image was shown in an exhibit at our local art museum recently. Not MY photo, however, a black and white image captured by a professional using an 8x10 view camera. But I was quite pleased to see that my eye had appreciated what a pro found worthy of photgraphing...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2011 20:51:42 GMT
I just noticed the two mask faces at the top of the building for the first time.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2011 22:31:02 GMT
I don't know that any pro could top your picture, Kimby. It has so many points of interest, including composition, color, shading, and great details. This wall is around the corner from my house. Last night I asked my next-door neighbor, whose property it is, what the story was on it. She sighed and said that it "no dio frutas" -- it didn't bear fruit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2011 14:28:43 GMT
French Quarter,NOLA
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 11:03:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 5:19:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2011 16:32:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2011 18:16:57 GMT
modern take on old walls
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Post by Kimby on Dec 27, 2011 18:30:15 GMT
Take that image to a new thread you will create called "new advertising on walls"
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Post by tod2 on Dec 27, 2011 18:39:10 GMT
Oh yes baby, that our Charlene!! What a beautiful woman, and what an outstanding actress she has become.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 27, 2011 18:58:08 GMT
She strikes me as a younger Sharon Stone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2012 21:24:06 GMT
This shows a combination of two classics -- Savon Cadum and Dubonnet, one overlaid on the other.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2012 0:43:50 GMT
Outstanding pic !!!
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