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18 hours ago, philipus said:

Let's return to the lobby again and put ourselves where we were in the first image, but then turn our heads 90 degrees right. This is what you'd see then. A television set, a few armchair, a plant and watercolour art by a group of school children who visited earlier. But there's also an inconspicuous door. And strangely enough it's got an intercom box and a card reader. The door goes...


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...to this, the main cellblock located underneath the rotunda. The accused would not be brought here through the lobby, of course, but would be taken under guard through hidden corridors and gangways in the walls. There was a whole network of such passages, which was off limits to anyone not working in Security. These cells were basically a waiting area. The accused were brought here before the court hearings and during breaks, and waited here until they could be brought to a garage where the Dutch transport police would pick them up and drive them to the United Nations Detention Unit, in a wing in a prison in The Hague, which is where they stayed overnight.


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If you put yourself in the middle of this space you'd see this if you looked left:


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And this if you looked right. Confusing, isn't it? It all looks the same. I like the panopticon touch to this area.


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what is so striking, so emotionally pulling for me, is the cleanliness, simplicity of design, unexceptional blandness of it, contrasted with what it stood for. And as you say, the surveillance of the panopticon incorporated into the business aesthetics. Your photographic rendering here so perfectly matches the "banality of evil."

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On 8/25/2021 at 3:16 AM, stray cat said:

Thank you for bringing about a wonderful memory, Philip. I think I was about 14 when I first saw it, and it filled my head for years with images of gorgeous Swedish women with long flowing blonde hair dreamily drifting through sunlit fields. Beautiful stuff (and I still have yet to fulfill the promise I made to my 14-y-o self: must get to Sweden some day...).

You paint wonderful mental images, Phil... 

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Eye spy with my little eye ...

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Agfa Optima Sensor 1035, Ilford Delta 400

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Leica IIIf, Summicron 5cm 1:2 collapsible, Ilford SFX 200, Rodinal 1:50 20°C 10'.

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On 8/26/2021 at 2:50 PM, Michael Hiles said:

From my wife’s garden. Ilford XP2. 125mm Hektor, Bellows II, Visoflex II, M2.. An excellent lens for this kind of thing.

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Outstanding! I don't think black&white could get any better.

21 hours ago, Kl@usW. said:

Alpine life #6

Older cows may  become suspicious, territorial and protective of the younger cows  and you better watch out for their attitude before crossing the meadow.....  I once had to wait two hours before it was safe to climb down  from the water tank...

Forgive me the postcard--I just couldn't resist. 

MP; Summarit 35; Ektar 100

Wonderful post card! This is where Ektar really shines.

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You might have seen Annalena before in this thread, but her she shines in all her colors:

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Ricoh GR1s - Agfa CT 100 Precisa

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Butterfly at very low ISO

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Rolleiflex Orignal Model; long expired Verichrome Pan; Rolleinar Close-up lens

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Yes, a sad time, I "see" his presence as well, but nothing else.

All I/we have is wonderful memories of a day of absolute fun with him, and Philip, in Ghent, we'll never forget this.

Hopefully this pic from Philip will find him happy.

Come back Doc.

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Leica M5 + 50mm Summilux ASPH + CineStill 800T

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