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Polaroids of Singapore (3)
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
On the left side you see the Fullerton Building, previously occupied by Ford Fullerton and named after Sir Fullerton, the first government of the Straits Settlements. The Ford was built in 1829 to defend the town at the mouth of Singapore river. The Fullerton Building, built in 1928, was the largest building ever built in Singapore then, costing over 4 million Dollars. Perched atop the Fullerton Building sits the original landmark Lighthouse, which was used in the old days to guide all ships approaching the harbour. The lighthouse is not operational anymore since August 1978.
The Fullerton Building was the centre of Singapore's commercial, social and official life. It became home of three important institutions in Singapore, being the General Post Office, the Singapore Club and the Cambers of Commerce. The building was designed by the Shainghai-based architectural firm Keys and Dowdeswell and is an example of a Neo-classical colonial government building, distinguished by tall Doric columns. The Fullerton Building is flanked by two historical bridges, Cavenagh Bridge and Anderson Bridge.
The last occupant of the Fullerton Building was the General Post Office. They left the premises in March 1996, after which Fullerton Building became the Fullerton Hotel for the abdundantly rich I'd say, flanked by high-rise buildings of the banking district.
(Text partly courtesy of Fullerton Hotel 2007).
On the right you see a cute Chinese schoolclass, walking through the Chinese neighbourhood.
Technical note:
Both pictures were taken in black and white. I often put my digital to black and white, because you start looking differently at your composition.
The Exif Data is of the left picture, imported in this composition w Exif Pilot.
The shots have been made old in CS3 with 55mm plugins, old photo, ND Grad and gel filters. Also I used the standard pixellation and noise filters and added a polaroid-like frame. |
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Hoi Dennis,
I like these "old fashioned" images in b/w. And the note makes them really interesting.
Btw: do the Panasonic camera have a Carl Zeiss lens ??
greetings,
Joop!
- korbee
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Erg leuk bedacht Dennis dit doet mij een beetje jaren 50\60 aan(heb veel boeken over Singapore uit die tijd),goede layout en zw/w.
jan
Hi Dennis..this is creatively done. Much more interesting than standard color shots individually displayed.
Roger
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