Photography Thread

Ben6899

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Hi Pinno. Are you well? All that you list about the Tate Modern is what I honestly love about it!

The Barbican is marvellous as well, IMO!

briantrumpet

A couple of ones from today's (mostly) sunny ride. I'll spare you my knaked knees, even if it was nice to give them a brief airing while it was (just) warm enough.

pinno

Ben6899 said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Hi Pinno. Are you well? All that you list about the Tate Modern is what I honestly love about it!

The Barbican is marvellous as well, IMO!

Fine ta. Busy plotting a Guy Fawkes style re-structuring job.

briantrumpet

pinno said:

Ben6899 said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Hi Pinno. Are you well? All that you list about the Tate Modern is what I honestly love about it!

The Barbican is marvellous as well, IMO!

Fine ta. Busy plotting a Guy Fawkes style re-structuring job.

Could you start with Poundbury, please? That' much more worthy of your attention.

pinno

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

Ben6899 said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Hi Pinno. Are you well? All that you list about the Tate Modern is what I honestly love about it!

The Barbican is marvellous as well, IMO!

Fine ta. Busy plotting a Guy Fawkes style re-structuring job.

Could you start with Poundbury, please? That' much more worthy of your attention.

I've heard that an earthquake would cause £2m worth of improvement.

rjsterry

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Tate Modern was a power station. The big hall was where the turbines were housed. That's why it's the way it is. You don't actually want lots of natural light in a gallery because it damages the artwork.

focuszing723

masjer said:

focuszing723 said:

masjer said:

The drizzle soon turned to heavy rain, Now why didn't I bring anything waterproof? Amateur. Not a Brian style selfie, BTW.

Brompton, a definite like.

Ha, an electric version no less. With the small diameter of those wheels, I'd worry about disappearing down some of the deeper potholes.

Blimey, you've earned yourself two like right there. I did wonder with the bag on the front.

pinno

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Tate Modern was a power station. The big hall was where the turbines were housed. That's why it's the way it is. You don't actually want lots of natural light in a gallery because it damages the artwork.

Sure but not in the entrance.
They could have put in a mezzanine floor in to break up that cavernous, morgue atrium.

TheBigBean

pinno said:

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Tate Modern was a power station. The big hall was where the turbines were housed. That's why it's the way it is. You don't actually want lots of natural light in a gallery because it damages the artwork.

Sure but not in the entrance.
They could have put in a mezzanine floor in to break up that cavernous, morgue atrium.

I'd hope your opinion is a minority as I think it is one of the great entrances to museums.

pinno

TheBigBean said:

pinno said:

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Tate Modern was a power station. The big hall was where the turbines were housed. That's why it's the way it is. You don't actually want lots of natural light in a gallery because it damages the artwork.

Sure but not in the entrance.
They could have put in a mezzanine floor in to break up that cavernous, morgue atrium.

I'd hope your opinion is a minority as I think it is one of the great entrances to museums.

Minority or not, that's irrelevant. Architecture is highly subjective and I am allowed to voice my opinion.

Charlie_Croker

focuszing723 said:

masjer said:

focuszing723 said:

masjer said:

The drizzle soon turned to heavy rain, Now why didn't I bring anything waterproof? Amateur. Not a Brian style selfie, BTW.

Brompton, a definite like.

Ha, an electric version no less. With the small diameter of those wheels, I'd worry about disappearing down some of the deeper potholes.

Blimey, you've earned yourself two like right there. I did wonder with the bag on the front.

I'm guessing that bag hold the self-inflating life-raft for such an event

rjsterry

pinno said:

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

[Good to 'see' you Ben]

I really didn't like the Tate modern.
Went to the Kandinsky exhibition, which I loved but the building?
There was one area on the 3rd/4th(?) floor with a view out that I liked (long strips of cut outs) but the entrance vault and the harsh geometry and concrete made it an NCP building gone wrong with poor natural light and coolness that was unwelcoming. It's semi-brutal architecture.
The M Tate and the Barbican should be demolished.

There are some lovely areas of London and then you have these modern structures that lack anything really, mainly soul.

Tate Modern was a power station. The big hall was where the turbines were housed. That's why it's the way it is. You don't actually want lots of natural light in a gallery because it damages the artwork.

Sure but not in the entrance.
They could have put in a mezzanine floor in to break up that cavernous, morgue atrium.

They did. It's the level you arrive at if you go in through the shop.






I'd say the turbine hall has quite a lot of natural light, but it's of course absolutely fine if it's not to your taste.

pinno

rjsterry said:

They did. It's the level you arrive at if you go in through the shop.

Look at the size of that atrium!

rjsterry said:

...but it's of course absolutely fine if it's not to your taste.

Thank you.

briantrumpet

Maybe I'm missing something, but surely the size of the turbine hall is a feature in itself (a modern version of a cathedral nave "wow"), and it allows super-sized artworks which have been created with that size of space as inspiration.

pinno

I agree with the supersize artwork point.
...and no to the 'wow' factor. This is not Westminster Abbey or York Cathedral with it's stunning stonework and beautiful arches, it's concrete.

rjsterry

Eek what's happened to the photo uploading?

Pross

rjsterry said:

Eek what's happened to the photo uploading?

A few of mine have gone weird lately and aren't showing at the normal size.

rjsterry

pinno said:

I agree with the supersize artwork point.
...and no to the 'wow' factor. This is not Westminster Abbey or York Cathedral with it's stunning stonework and beautiful arches, it's concrete.

Never understood the whole stone = good; concrete = bad thing. The floor at Tate Modern is concrete but the framing of the turbine hall is mostly steel. The exterior is brick. It's a converted industrial building which looked like this.

rjsterry

Oh FFS.

Anyway, the turbine hall is roughly the same as it has always looked,

pinno

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

I agree with the supersize artwork point.
...and no to the 'wow' factor. This is not Westminster Abbey or York Cathedral with it's stunning stonework and beautiful arches, it's concrete.

Never understood the whole stone = good; concrete = bad thing. The floor at Tate Modern is concrete but the framing of the turbine hall is mostly steel. The exterior is brick. It's a converted industrial building which looked like this.

I didn't know it's a 'thing'.

For example, I love the Stahl house;



And if you google https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=concrete+house+california&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Some of those houses to me are beautiful.

rjsterry

pinno said:

rjsterry said:

pinno said:

I agree with the supersize artwork point.
...and no to the 'wow' factor. This is not Westminster Abbey or York Cathedral with it's stunning stonework and beautiful arches, it's concrete.

Never understood the whole stone = good; concrete = bad thing. The floor at Tate Modern is concrete but the framing of the turbine hall is mostly steel. The exterior is brick. It's a converted industrial building which looked like this.

I didn't know it's a 'thing'.

For example, I love the Stahl house;



And if you google https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=concrete+house+california&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Some of those houses to me are beautiful.

😀

Excellent stuff. FWIW, I don't think H&deM have quite pulled off the big ramp entrance. Something about the budget paving and the row of standard shopping mall doors with only one pair open feels like a lot has been lost between the concept of entering almost underground to emphasise the size of the space, and the execution.

There's a bit of a reactionary Traditional Art and Architecture culture war on Twitter at the moment - here's a beautiful old stone building; here's a nasty ugly concrete one! Wasn't everything better in the olden days? You can guess where the politics lean.

masjer

Tulips.

focuszing723

Nice, spring.

masjer

focuszing723 said:

Nice, spring.

It's good to find something with a bit of colour. Yeah, come on spring, it's all looking a bit drab out there still.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

focuszing723 said:

Nice, spring.

It's good to find something with a bit of colour. Yeah, come on spring, it's all looking a bit drab out there still.

Not all... it's starting to get its act together...

pinno

Yeahbut - you are all the way down there BT.

masjer

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

focuszing723 said:

Nice, spring.

It's good to find something with a bit of colour. Yeah, come on spring, it's all looking a bit drab out there still.

Not all... it's starting to get its act together...

I did actually see a mighty fine magnolia specimen today, but tonight's 50mph winds and torrential rain might leave it looking less spectacular.

masjer

A good sign spring is indeed here- some wood anemones and spring downpours.

rjsterry

https://twitter.com/JeffOvers/status/1638939152451510274?t=eyaTbAUe4EgBzP4AXuahdg&s=19

molteni_man

Went to the recent renovation of Battersea Power Station recently talking of architecture - they’ve done a really good job of it inside and out. I could not get over how much repointing had been done. Worth a visit to view.