by Martina Egli | Dec 3, 2012 | Architecture, black and white, Blog, People, Photo
A Sense of Scale The British museum features some amazing architecture, what impresses me most is the sense of scale and openness; the sense of wonder. That it manages to do so without making the visitor feel subservient to the building, but enthralled is all the...
by Martina Egli | Dec 1, 2012 | Architecture, black and white, Blog, People, Photo
People Watching There are so many great museums in London, but I often find watching the visitors more fascinating than the exhibits… “A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.” Renzo Piano
by Martina Egli | Nov 24, 2012 | black and white, Blog, Cityscape, People, Photo
The Tate Modern is one of my favourite museums in London – not only for the great exhibitions but also for its stunning architecture. The former Bankside Power Station was converted into a gallery by the Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron. The gallery...
by Martina Egli | Nov 23, 2012 | Blog, Cityscape, Photo
It’s occurred to me that I haven’t posted pictures from my adopted home-town in a while. I think sometimes that familiarity means that we stop seeing the beauty in a place, and tune out the things that attracted us to it in the first place. I hope you...
by Martina Egli | Sep 29, 2012 | black and white, People, Photo, portrait, Still life
“Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.” Friedrich Schiller Don’t we all wish we had such freedom! 😉
