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Subject: [Leica] Re: Concrete buildings on UC Davis - ick
From: firkin at gexrp01.ncable.net.au (firkin)
Date: Mon Feb 13 18:35:06 2006
References: <4cfa589b0602131827v87c46fbo64a5a0a490258483@mail.gmail.com>

Adam, I am not a fan of this type of buiding, there is a term for it, but it 
made up the university landscape where I trained: severe, cold, cheap. I 
prefer the first image, as it frames and describes the style, while the 
second could be a wall anywhere "ish". 

Cheers 

Adam Bridge writes: 

> Someone, somewhere, decided that unpainted concrete makes for the
> perfect look for the UC Davis campus. 
> 
> I've seen a few buildings of this ilk that I thought looked decent but
> none of them are at UCD. To me the look like something out of cold war
> propaganda, only needing a spy in a trench coat and some fog. (We have
> the fog, used to have the spies too but they were caught.) 
> 
> I shot these to explore the middle greys.
> The entrance to the Dean's office of Letters & Science: 
> 
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/12/DeanLS.jpg> 
> 
> I like this one a little better. I'm claiming it as a statement: 
> 
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/12/LectureHall.jpg> 
> 
> Did either of these work for you? Why or why not? 
> 
> M6 TTL, 50 sumicron, Tri X @ 400 in XTOL 1:3, 12.5 minutes. 
> 
> Thanks for looking and for commenting. 
> 
> Adam 
> 
> 
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Alastair Firkin
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