• Abandoned America@mastodon.social
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social this is so cool and strange, I love it. Art Nouveau plus the Michelin Man is not a pairing I’d expect to see. Great shot of it also!

  • Mark Eckenwiler (ft. Wet Leg)@thepit.social
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social A much milder version of Daft Automotive architecture is in Grinnell, Iowa’s downtown historic district. I believe this was purpose built as a multi-bay garage but am too lazy rn to pull up the nomination form’s inventory.

    Close-up view of winged tire made of concrete or carved stone.

      • Mark Eckenwiler (ft. Wet Leg)@thepit.social
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        1 month ago

        @mattblaze@federate.social IDK but that motif seems to have used widely. The facade of the Capital Garage in downtown DC—allegedly the largest parking garage in the world at the time it was built—had something even more elaborate, albeit not as three-dimensional.

        Photo circa 1921 showing the very wide, nine-story garage from across the street.

  • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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    1 month ago

    Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/5.6), Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50), Cambo 1200 camera (shifted vertically -8mm).

    Opened as the London headquarters for the Michelin Tyre Co in 1911, and now a mixed commercial building, the Art Nouveau Michelin House features whimsical tire-themed ornaments and stained glass windows with the original Michelin Man “Bibendum” character in various, generally terrifying, poses.

    • Farce Majeure@better.boston
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      1 month ago

      @mattblaze@federate.social Do you rent lenses? If so, do you typically rent them from one supplier and take them with you, or do you find a rental business where you’re going, or some combination?

      (I’m assuming you’ve sprung for the IQ4 since you use it so often, but I guess that doesn’t /have/ to be the case either…)

      • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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        1 month ago

        @vathpela@better.boston I own a fairly full complement of the Rodenstock digaron lenses at this point, but I rented each several times before buying.

    • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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      1 month ago

      I wish I had had more time to photograph this delightfully weird building. The hard morning light only allowed this one angle.

  • Harry Percival@fosstodon.org
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social welcome to london Matt! There’s a mad building just off old st roundabout (aka silicon roundabout) you might enjoy. All weird angles and false perspective.

  • gz@sfba.social
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social
    I know it well as I’ve lived in South Kensington and Chelsea.

  • David Cohen@twit.social
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social @AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social Still there - I use a hotel just past it regularly. I’ll get you a picture next time I am there there - it is lovely (and fully in use)