scarred buildings

Posted by DarkElf (Perth, Australia) on 4 June 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

another typical building found in the city of Lodz in Poland... this city had its peak in the early 20th Century and between world wars... a lot of these buildings still remember those times and have suffered from neglect in recent years... a sad sight but makes for a good place to photograph... if I get a chance to go there again next year, I might explore this motive a bit more...

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Comments (12)

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

i love the decay of all things industrial... this place would be perfect for a house party...! the character of the building is superb... as long as the beams still hold up that is! :)

great composition and textures!

4 Jun 2008 3:36pm

Julie McLeod from Ottawa, Canada

Wonderful urban portrait with lovely lighting. Thanks for providing the explanation as well.

4 Jun 2008 5:30pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Nice shot, the lighting is great. The feeling of abandonment and neglect is portrayed extremely well.

4 Jun 2008 8:43pm

niña from United States

very nice capture. a scar always has a story to it. thanks for telling us the story behind it.

5 Jun 2008 1:49am

shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines

interesting shot:D

5 Jun 2008 1:20pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Excellent capture. I agree with Graham, there is a real feeling of abandonment and neglect, but a lot of history too as you ahve pointed out. An interesting place to visit and photograph.

5 Jun 2008 2:32pm

Petr from Rakovnik, Czech Republic

a cool shot, but what if you make it B&W w/ high contrast?

5 Jun 2008 7:51pm

@Petr: i thought about it and I might play around with it still... the reason I did not post b&w here is that I would lose the colour composition - especially the windows facing straight ahead which have been covered with brown inserts... that didn't look right in b&w when I tried it previously...

valenttin from Romania

Entire Eastern Europe is full of this kind of images. But only a trained eye can see... Thank you!

5 Jun 2008 9:03pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Grerat shot, very interesting

6 Jun 2008 4:48am

dillonpic from United States

great atmosphere! that looks like a fun building to poke around inside. id like to check it out =)

6 Jun 2008 8:56pm

Pied Crow from Nairobi, Kenya

I like this a lot. Have you played around with the cropping at all? I find the light and colors on the facing building more compelling, but the one on the right seems to dominate.

8 Jun 2008 9:51am

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Looking at the thumbnail I was thinking you must have building in Australia that look like they could be in Eastern Europe. Guess you've been visiting Poland.

24 Jun 2008 4:19am

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