PLAY February - Fuji 18mm f/2: Château de Josselin
This is the main entrance to the imposing Château de Josselin which gives on the the River Oust and for centuries defended the town against water-borne invasion: it's such an unprepossessing gateway to such a magnificent building. The first construction on this site was in 1008 and the current building dates from 1370. You can see the riverside view in my 365 album here: https://365project.org/vignouse/365/2017-02-09
This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: for February it's the Fujinon 18mm f/2 on an APS-C sensor camera (today the Fuji X-Pro1) - the equivalent of a 28mm lens on a full-frame camera.
You have a fine and cultivated sense of old architecture. The people then built with the materials from the immediate environment - and what nature gave them: stone and wood. The stone may be stone, and wood may be wood - nothing is pretended.
No industrial mass production, no large construction machine contributed. You can feel the human hand, and in all things a human measure works. Each form is individual and unique. And yet, windows, doors, walls, roofs fit into a formal context, into an ensemble. The spirit in which these buildings were created is enduring.
Yet every time has its art, its questions. The old demands for contemporary interpretation. Culture is both: tradition and development in one. Like the river, which can only be river by always pouring after new water . So: Let us keep the old and look for the new.
I dream of having such a scene to photograph. Thank goodness you get to AND you share your photos here on 365. (Now if only I could get a grip on time and manage to get here more faithfully to see your creations.)
Ian
No industrial mass production, no large construction machine contributed. You can feel the human hand, and in all things a human measure works. Each form is individual and unique. And yet, windows, doors, walls, roofs fit into a formal context, into an ensemble. The spirit in which these buildings were created is enduring.
Yet every time has its art, its questions. The old demands for contemporary interpretation. Culture is both: tradition and development in one. Like the river, which can only be river by always pouring after new water . So: Let us keep the old and look for the new.