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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2010 10:15:59 GMT
Fabulous!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2010 22:34:10 GMT
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Post by Jazz on Mar 28, 2010 5:51:29 GMT
Fabulous! Where is it? Here is another, walking out of Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann, onto a small street.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2010 5:58:52 GMT
#31 is on rue des Pyrénées in the 20th arrondissement (Paris).
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 28, 2010 6:02:08 GMT
Wow!
The archway is dramatic and fantastically well done, but I totally love the "extra" house in Jazz's picture.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 5:43:18 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2010 5:50:48 GMT
What fun -- super clever & well done!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 9:58:28 GMT
God, I love all of these! The world needs more of these.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 2, 2010 10:46:53 GMT
This is a beautiful painted wall over a small shop on rue Mouffetarde, Paris...one of the oldest market streets. The painting itself is probably over 100 years old. I apologize, but due to the limitations of my camera and the extremely narrow street, this was the best I could do.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2010 17:06:02 GMT
Ohhhhhhh ~~ I'd say you "done good", Jazz!
How did you get those gorgeous tones in your b&w shots? That really adds to the wonderful antique feel of the photos.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 2, 2010 18:27:17 GMT
There are many "decorated" walls in my town, a few too many IMO. Here is one of the better ones:
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Post by Jazz on Apr 3, 2010 13:05:17 GMT
Ohhhhhhh ~~ I'd say you "done good", Jazz! How did you get those gorgeous tones in your b&w shots? That really adds to the wonderful antique feel of the photos. Thanks Bixa. It was a complex process and took hours of reworking. Time to confess...These were taken in my 'pre-digital' camera days with the $60(40E) camera I bought in the duty free shop en route to Paris. I had run out of color film and switched to the sepia film. I like its look.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2010 16:18:27 GMT
Nothing to "confess", Jazz. I just love how it pops out the details of the swirls and looks so rich. Your color shots are very painterly as well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2010 17:15:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2010 17:16:50 GMT
oooh...that's a good one! Brings out my fear of heights though.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 16, 2010 20:20:06 GMT
Painted about 1900, the interior of the Cabot Head light house, overlooking Georgian Bay.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 16, 2010 20:31:54 GMT
Looks like more of a nature center than a maritime museum, jazz. Would like to meet that lighthouse keeper!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 18:37:42 GMT
The wall of a local cinema, with famous lines from the classics.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2010 19:25:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2010 0:28:29 GMT
I haven't looked in here for awhile...Jazz,all your shots are fabulous,I especially love the sepia toned ones and the nature museum walls I love,love!!
Love all yours too Kerouac.
Kimby,why do you think there are too many of these? Overkill?
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Post by Kimby on May 12, 2010 23:05:29 GMT
I haven't looked in here for awhile...Kimby,why do you think there are too many of these? Overkill? Because most of them are very amateurish and overly colorful and do not IMO enhance the urban environment, that's why.
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Post by cristina on May 16, 2010 19:03:22 GMT
We just got back from a few days in Tucson where there are an abundance of incredible wall murals. While my camera was focused on other festivities for the most part, I did manage to get this one while stuck in traffic (I was not driving!) Here is the larger wall:
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 19:44:00 GMT
Great, that looks sort of like l'Abbé Pierre, the most popular man in France until he died a few years ago.
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Post by Jazz on May 16, 2010 21:26:41 GMT
Christina, he's wonderful!
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Post by fumobici on May 16, 2010 23:42:25 GMT
Here are some different angles of Leonardo. I think that's actually Vincent de Paul. As you were.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 17, 2010 0:04:17 GMT
Cristina, I can't get over that mural in #51 -- great photos! I wonder how many people have been tricked by it as they drove by, even though it's black and white. I've been studying it, and finally realized that it is made up of tiles. Really interesting.
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Post by cristina on May 17, 2010 0:52:04 GMT
Cristina, I can't get over that mural in #51 -- great photos! I wonder how many people have been tricked by it as they drove by, even though it's black and white. I've been studying it, and finally realized that it is made up of tiles. Really interesting. Bixa, I spent some time this afternoon trying to track down information about the mural because I wanted to know who the man was. It is not l'abbé Pierre, but George Roskruge, who was a Tucson "city father." I also wanted to know about the murals across the street, which were similar in application but different... It turns out that they are part of a series of 4 wall murals that were installed about 12 years ago. The ones across the street were striking, but I was blocked from taking pictures due to my unfortunate placement in the passenger seat of the car. This series of walls (including the wall above) is called Windows to the Past, Gateway to the Future, and was conceived by Stephen Farley and executed/installed by Tile Canvases. They use vintage photographs of Tucson citizens taken over the first part of the 20th century, which were transferred to glazed ceramic tiles. If you would like to see more of the walls, you can go here.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 17, 2010 2:16:07 GMT
I can't get over this! The link you gave is completely fascinating, particularly after seeing your photos above, since yours really capture the surprise and fun of coming upon such a work. Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 5:10:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2010 18:29:15 GMT
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