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I think the location that I enjoyed shooting most on my trip to Seattle last week was the Seattle Central Library. This library is a testament to contemporary architecture and design. I could spend weeks shooting just this one building -- it is my most favorite building I've ever photographed.
The building is 11 stories high with dramatic interior ceilings and color splashed throughout to complement the design. Bold red staircases, glowing yellow escalators, an ocean of green chairs, everywhere you go in this library you find more and more eye candy.
Reflections, shadows, glass, lighting that transforms with the day. This building seems made to be photographed -- seems designed for photographers. And best of all, not once in a very aggressive four hour or so shooting session there was I ever questioned about my photography in this very open and very public space.
Rem Koolhas was the architect who designed the space. A taxi cab driver that I met in Seattle told me that it cost the City $150 million to build it. According to wikipedia, in 2007, the building was voted #108 on the American Institute of Architects' list of Americans' 150 favorite structures in the US. And I can see why. It's comfortable, functional, and absolutely beautiful.
An article from the Seattle Times on getting to know the library here.
I've just started uploading some of the photos I took of the building (I suspect I'll have several hundred posted over time). If you want to follow my set of images of this grand structure you can check out this set here. The RSS feed for it is here. Seattle Central Library photos sorted by interestingness on Flickr here.
Comments and faves
unsure shot, Damien [Phototrend.fr], Precious Roy, emphasis, and 226 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Greg Barnett (47 months ago | reply)
can you say Vertigo? *yikes*
Bodidly (47 months ago | reply)
Outstanding composition.
the mighty jimbo (47 months ago | reply)
where do you find these shots!? fantastic!
apgw (47 months ago | reply)
great shor
apgw (47 months ago | reply)
shot even
frabruno (47 months ago | reply)
Cool shot! I like the perspective and the composition.
springtree road (47 months ago | reply)
love it.
www.hebervega.com (47 months ago | reply)
what a great angle of view!
perfect composition.
eloy cortinez m (47 months ago | reply)
amazing shot, makes me dizzy
Kris Kros (47 months ago | reply)
Well shot!!!
Martin Gommel (47 months ago | reply)
Wow, what a great angle you've chosen - good one !
nathanielperales (47 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
Michael Dunn~! (47 months ago | reply)
Awesome angle. I've only seen that library from the outside... I must go inside some day.
St0rmz (47 months ago | reply)
great perspective, great color contrast
pakitroki (47 months ago | reply)
awesome, love it!
rociof [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)
Can't stop looking at the orange
Thomas Åsen (47 months ago | reply)
like rociof, i can't stop looking at the orange either. Great shot
ponzü (47 months ago | reply)
Oh, wow! Instant classic.
imassimo69 (47 months ago | reply)
Great perspective,great colors and...what else!
Dalmatica (47 months ago | reply)
yeah, library rocks! great shot!
Neylano (47 months ago | reply)
seattle kicks ass.
thedrio (47 months ago | reply)
Great perspective, its wonderful!
45street | www.victorpuig.com (47 months ago | reply)
Stunning perspective !
NikkiRMZ (47 months ago | reply)
nice
klevo! (47 months ago | reply)
perfect!
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QuPeng (47 months ago | reply)
nice。。。。
cicidia (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Prismatic - Outstanding colors in Our world,TT5,Please Vote!TT5, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
chiyoung0307 (47 months ago | reply)
nice shot !
Sanctu (47 months ago | reply)
Vertigooo!
aldo_visto (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Geometric Tonal Vision, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
go_dvls (47 months ago | reply)
Wow! What a stunning shot.
CommonWonderer (47 months ago | reply)
really cool shot. "...hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
Daniele Medri (47 months ago | reply)
I love this kind of cut, great job!
Troika (47 months ago | reply)
Nice perspective and colors
Catch the dream (47 months ago | reply)
What a composition!!!
Seen on Explore.
sebastchrisfran (46 months ago | reply)
so outstanding composition! love it!
François V (46 months ago | reply)
Great ! It doesn't seem real
orangetuwie (39 months ago | reply)
wooow cool!!!
love orange
photosophynet (39 months ago | reply)
I feel dizzy!!
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Сharlotte [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)
Vertigo, love it!
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High Resolution1 (39 months ago | reply)
nice angle, provokes curiosity - I like the leading lines
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Crick3 (39 months ago | reply)
great comp and color.
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Chris Nixon (39 months ago | reply)
I'm not 100% about the angle, but I love the colours and lines.
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uʌ (39 months ago | reply)
not without merit, im not feelin these angles
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Bowman! (39 months ago | reply)
good colour. it has a near tilt-shift feel to the OOF bits.
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ninniane (39 months ago | reply)
For teh WIN!
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johnny onion [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)
would have benefitted from wider DOF. The blurred proximal struts frighten and confuse me. nice coloration, though, and the skewed framing is vertiginous.
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dustin_j_williams (39 months ago | reply)
Good perspective/DoF, color, and lines.
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Ivan Makarov (39 months ago | reply)
unique view, and your signature shot
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DEARTH ! (39 months ago | reply)
i don't think i can figure out what the subject is here
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