For the new Google+ theme of #SAturdayStyle curated by +lynn langmade and +lane langmade who I have a sneaky suspicion may be related to one another. You can read more about the theme's rules here – https://plus.google.com/113973458554656282296/posts/JX6rbasjLsH – but in a nutshell it's a theme that exposes style of some description; art, fashion, design, architecture, etc.
I've gone with architecture for the inaugural post in this theme. This is a reworking in my own particular style of a photo I took almost a year ago in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and features my second favourite style of architecture, brutalism (my favourite being art deco like just about anyone with taste). From the 1950s to the 1970s brutalist architecture embraced the wonderful ideal of casting concrete into moulds to create repetitive, geometric buildings or, if you prefer, works of art (which, admittedly, some people think are gruesome but there's no accounting for taste).
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January 28, 2012
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January 28, 2012
Very nice work Mark! :))
January 28, 2012
+Mark Hooper wow, just wow. Just a massive shot and a perfect inaugural post. The best line in this post is "(my favorite being art deco like just about anyone with taste.)" You manged to crack me up as well as really talk about a unique architectural style. Love Brutalism! (Oh yes, and we're twins 🙂
January 28, 2012
Really like the perspective a editing of this shot!
January 28, 2012
Thank you +Annette Junge Daugaard, +Benedict Chui, +lynn langmade, and +Frederico Vicente for the comments; thanks +Nick Lewis for the share; thanks everyone for the +1s.
January 28, 2012
Great write-up & photo, Mark. This is a severe shot! The colors & clouds really fit the structure. Well done, bro!
January 29, 2012
Fantastic image, Mark! ( Kudos to +lynn langmade for the share! I added Mark to my circles. )
January 29, 2012
+Shawn McClure awesome . . . you won't be sorry 🙂
January 29, 2012
+Doug DeTraz +Shawn McClure, thank you. +lynn langmade thank you for the share and nice write-up.
January 29, 2012
superb cool !!
January 29, 2012
the processing and those ominous clouds go well with the style
January 30, 2012
Killer shot, perfectly embodies your point, very brutal looking with the awesome lighting !