Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too bad about the Gateway, I quite like it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu YNWA > On 24 Nov 2021, at 00:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Scrambling through files, I found a couple of old photos I don't think > I've posted before. > > I was a member here back when I was a kid - Half Moon Swimming Club on the > Great South Wall, Dublin - with an appropriate half moon behind it. The > Wall was once the longest sea wall in the world, back in the day. Taken > with a Nikon D200 a fair few years ago. Can be seen larger. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Half+Moon+SC+Dublin.jpg.html > > This is Gateway by Michael Warren, a deeply unpopular sculpture in Dun > Laoghaire before it was removed. Taken with a Nikon D200 in 2007. It, and > the grafitti, can be seen larger. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Grafitti+on+Gateway+by+Michael+Warren.jpg.html > > Of course, the reason it was unpopular with most of the public, and of > course the politicians, is because it wasn't sited properly. Had it been > in one of parks in the town, and away from clashing buildings and paint > splashing kids, it would have settled comfortably into the environment > despite its deliberately rusty looks. It appeared in 2003 and was removed > in 2009 to an audible sigh of relief. That said, Warren's other work is > generally well regarded. > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information