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Ben Thanh Market, Saigon.
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Ben Thanh Market, Saigon.
Mikut
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Iron front McNear building, Petaluma, CA
chipgreenberg
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Elida Memories by Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Rollei 6008af. Apo Symmar 90mm f:4 Portra 400
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Mikut
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Eagle House Inn before the spirits left
Pál_K
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Chip Greenberg, on Flickr
Rollei 6008af. Apo Symmar 90mm f:4 Portra 400
- Scanned by Lewis at the FIND lab
Chip, so many of your photos here are reminiscent of Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places; it’s a look I really like.
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Darthfeeble
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Arnold Layne
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It does not have character per se, but anyway...
Mikut
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a work of art
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Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.
2021.02.06 Roll #268-05956-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
2021.02.06 Roll #268-05956-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
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In Saigon, the downtown core which dates back to the French colonial era has not only survived but all the landmark buildings have been preserved. On the far left, the Rex Hotel where during the war, the US military briefed the international press corps -dubbed by the latter as the Five O'Clock Follies. A former AP Bureau Chief described the briefings as "the longest-playing tragicomedy in Southeast Asia's theater of the absurd". In the center, the Eden Building, which during the latest renovations lost its beautiful Eden Cinema. On the far right, the Continental Hotel where Graham Greene sipped his whiskey and water and wrote the first pages of The Quiet American. Nikon FM3A - Nikkor Ais 2.8/28 - Kodakcolor 100.
dexdog
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US Library of Congress, Beaux Arts style, opened in 1897. Over the top, yeah. Gourgeous, absolutely. Almost everything on this building is ornately decorated, even the ceilings.
My favorite building by far in Washington, DC. Although, my favorite place in Washington DC area is the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport
My favorite building by far in Washington, DC. Although, my favorite place in Washington DC area is the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport
dexdog
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Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Retro-Grouch
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Maybe not as grand as some of the other buildings here, but with its own character, and very much in keeping with the character of the place: Clayton, NNM.
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Ah way out in the Big Empty! I like Clayton -- stayed in the old hotel there a few years back, made one nice portrait in town.
Pál_K
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Looks like it belongs in a Coen Brothers movie. I like it
Retro-Grouch
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Yes, I've stayed there as well. A charming place, but the freight trains traveling below your window in the middle of the night can be nerve-wracking!
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Thanks! The Coen Brothers have their finger on the pulse of America, in all of its lonely and desolate weirdness. As Vince calls it, this area, the "Big Empty", is basically near ground zero of the Dust Bowl. Most people would think there's "nothing there", but that's exactly the point, and why I'm so drawn to it. It is one of the most quintessentially American landscapes I've ever encountered.
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