Chimney
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Around the corner from where I live there’s a 6-storey apartment building whose fire escape stairway is attached to the outside of the building. The top floor landing provides a 180° view (west–north–east) of which I often avail myself, especially around sunset.
All the times I’ve been up there before and I never noticed what a vaguely sinister shot this distant chimney can provide just after the sun goes down.
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Posted to Photographs 2003.12.20 (Sat) • 23:56
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Posted by David 2003.12.21, 06:58
Ho ho ho! Did someone just say “Bara-dur?” (The chimney looks remarkably similar to Saruman’s Tower of Orthanc, from Lord of the Rings — methinks it looks sinister too ^_^)
Posted by Kurt 2003.12.21, 13:28
This shot reminds me of the cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals album, with it’s shot of the Battersea Power Station outside of London.
Posted by Abiola Lapite 2003.12.23, 23:31
Actually, it reminds me of James McNeil Whistler’s “Nocturne in Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge” (which ironically enough, was itself inspired by a Hokusai print). It also brings to mind Giorgio de Chirico’s “Nostalgia of the Infinite”. What can I say other than that this is an absolutely brilliant photo?
Posted by Jonathan 2003.12.24, 04:46
If I was an evil genius - that is where I would want my lair…
Posted by Hans Gerwitz 2004.01.03, 11:49
Too late, it’s already my lair. I’m quite disappointed in how long it took as astute an observer as Jeremy to notice the sinister silhouette.
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