Thursday, June 18, 2009

There was a time ...



Photo from Lost Gardens of England: From the Archives of Country Life, Kathryn Bradley-Hole. 

6 comments:

  1. I've always found these Country Life photos interesting. You could say that the magazine has produced its own genre.

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  2. So much a genre, when I see a color photo in any of the books, it's a shock. Color is of the present and black and white is truly the tonality of memory.

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  3. I too have loved this picture from C.L. !! Isn't the most surreal of images? More lIke a 30's movie set of garden pool at a English country house or at a very, very make believe American country house.
    I love your choices of images and perspective on architecture and interiors.

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  4. Dear Anonymous, thank you for your compliment. There's a sense of unreality about these black and white images I find very seductive.

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  5. this is the most perfect pool & pavilion I've ever seen!! It's saved in my files -thanks!!

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  6. You'd be heartbroken to know what happened to that pool!

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