absolutely fantastic mike...pic 1 post 88 those lads are posing for you lol and like viewfinder i find the shadowy figure of someone walking up the entry very atmospheric...without you and your camera these images would have been lost in time...in fact i will go so far as to say that you carried on where phyllis nicklin left off
thanks mike
lyn
You and I will gang up on Mike to persuade him to publish a book of his deeply atmospheric photos of Brum in the early 1970s. It would be a sure-fire winner.
what a great photo mike...half demolished buidings all around but that little veg shop is determined to carry on to the bitter end...
lyn
To me the other striking thing about partially demolished buildings is all the different little features that were painstakingly put together by those craftsmen over a century ago. So much was crafted and, even in a row of similar terrace houses, small features were added to make slight differences between them.
And you can still see the shelving inside the 'blue' shop. The shop front fascia has lovely scrolled supports and the vertical window bars have small details too.The shopkeeper must once have been very proud to run his/her business from here and would have been a well-known and respected member of the local community. I expect many aspiring shopkeepers who started out running a shop from their front room would aim to one day own a little business like this. But it required very hard graft too. Viv.
they just get better and better mike and all the extra info provided is a bonus...
lyn
I agree entirely, Lyn. Isn't that beautiful and poignant: man in smart suit, white shirt and tie, looking expectantly - poised on the step of a derelict house. Mike's previous photos are also superb: look at the first one, the house on the left: anthropomorphic doorway as mouth agape in horror, and shattered windows like eyes of a shrieking devil. These are wonderful photographs.
Viewfinder;: anthropomorphic doorway as mouth agape in horror said:Viewfinder,
Greetings but, come off it, what does anthropomorphic mean ? Or do I have to buy a dictionary.
All the best = Old Boy
Viewfinder,
Greetings but, come off it, what does anthropomorphic mean ? Or do I have to buy a dictionary.
All the best = Old Boy
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