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Title: London Architecture Biennale - The big Camera Obscura
Post by: Francois on September 15, 2006, 05:05:23 PM

Hi!
I was reading Dwell magazine (October 2006) when I came across this:
King's Cross as Camera Obscura by Minnie Weisz
Using the rooms of a derelict hotel as a huge pinhole camera, artist Minnie Weisz captured ghostly images of one of London's sleaziest districts as it undergoes redevelopment.

Has anyone over the big pond ever seen it?
Here's the only picture from the magazine.

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Title: Re: London Architecture Biennale - The big Camera Obscura
Post by: gary m on September 15, 2006, 06:50:54 PM

I have a wonderful book from Abelardo Morell http://www.abelardomorell.net/camera_obscura1.html who does this very thing.

Title: Re: London Architecture Biennale - The big Camera Obscura
Post by: dave miller on September 15, 2006, 07:07:59 PM

No, I haven’t seen the magazine, but the picture is of the London’s St. Pancras Station's clock tower. This is the station next to King’s Cross that is being renovated to become our International terminus for the Euro-Star trains. It also happens to be the one I commute into and out of 5 days a week. The room mentioned must be in the empty Great Northern Hotel which is between the two stations, and in the middle of Europe largest building site. Once open St. Pancras will, I am sure, become a magnet for photographers, just as the British Museum did when it reopened after renovation.

Title: Re: London Architecture Biennale - The big Camera Obscura
Post by: Francois on September 15, 2006, 08:14:56 PM

I don't know if the Biennale is over, but from the way they write about it, it seems to be open to the public.

Dwell is an architecture magazine. This month's issue is about American Modern... very nice houses.
Sadly, none of them have place for a darkroom... but d*** these houses are nice.