I was given a guided tour of a disused office building. I really had no idea what to expect before we went in, but quite honestly I was blown away by the place.
I can really see why people enjoy that whole urban exploring thing, though I don’t have the guts for it myself. I could have spent a lot longer in there, it was treasure trove of photographic interest for me. The light was also wonderful too. It was sunny outside, but where the light was coming through windows they were dirty or covered in some sort of film. Where there was only artificial light it was from very old strip lights. The whole place felt a little like some sort of post-apocalyptic hideout.
All shots were taken on the Leica M9 and Zeiss 50mm Sonnar. In terms of process, I’ve been playing again with the RNI film emulators. But after tinkering with them have found that just setting the camera calibration profile in LR to RNI 4.0.0 give me the bit of added colour contrast I needed to suit what I am trying to achieve quite nicely.
Anyway, here are the images …
Note the date here is 1988:
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Douglas Pulman on A Disused Office Building
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David S. de Lis on A Disused Office Building
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klompa on A Disused Office Building
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In fact, the reason for my comment are the chairs on 30424527445, great design.
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Vernon Szalacha on A Disused Office Building
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Alex Luyckx on A Disused Office Building
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George Appletree on A Disused Office Building
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I barely use LR camera profiles.
It reminds me a famous novel by J.C. Onetti, The shipyard... like if people still remain going there to do right nothing.
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John Lockwood on A Disused Office Building
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Robert Wählt on A Disused Office Building
Comment posted: 20/10/2016
those are very lovely shots. They would nicely go into a photobook and/or zine-like publication.
Best,
Robert
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Stu on A Disused Office Building
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Dexter on A Disused Office Building
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Stu on A Disused Office Building
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Charles Higham on A Disused Office Building
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Sean on A Disused Office Building
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Mel on A Disused Office Building
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Sansome Walk - The Silent Leisure Centre - 35mmc on A Disused Office Building
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ScottP on A Disused Office Building
Comment posted: 28/04/2018
You really can hear the chairs scraping, drawers opening, quiet conversations. A building full of ghosts.
Did your guides say anything about why so much equipment was left behind?
It looks as though everyone left on Friday night and were told not to come back on Monday.
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Peter Boorman on A Disused Office Building
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Thw building also remimds me of places I worked in the '80s amd '90s, some of which no longer exist.
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Exploring Worcester's Former Fire Station - 35mmc on A Disused Office Building
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