As some of you know, I discovered an abandoned Sugar Beet warehouse/factory in my town this past week. I took many photos, but still was not happy with my captures. I went back again yesterday and found this section, which was being used as an auto body shop, closed and abandoned as well. The entire building makes a great study in textures, and black and white seems to work well here.
I have become fixated on this building, I am trying to give it some dignity in its abandonment. I am sure I will visit it again.
Hey bud, there's a great old b/w photo of it from when it was being used many years ago at America history Online in title: Beet sugar factory, Glendale, Arizona
Collection: California Historical Society Digital Archive
you've caught a really nice part of the warehouse.. especially like the numbers.. the small details make one look from one place to another and that's what I like about pictures..
Awesome Barbara! I'm so glad I found this side challenge and glad to see you in it....I love your abandoned buildings! I wonder what was written on that garage door and why it was removed? You didn't do that in photoshop did you? I can't wait to see more of this sugar beet warehouse!
My eye jumps from the matching whites top and bottom to blacks top and bottom, left to right. Even the white splotch from the plywood window matches the door. You did show some dignity I think.
Your words are interesting. Dignity is a tool in visual arts too, I learn that from you. Closed doors say something. They are symbols, which have different meanings depending on where one is in life. I like doors that are open at night leaking out light into the lane, or doors that are open in buildings allowing sun to seep into the abandoned interiors. Doors have much potential. There 3D-ness is sometimes hard to reveal.
Nice spot! Am thinking the 2 doors were the same at one time? The brickwork and lettering really help this image and am sure you'll be back many times over the course of 2008 ;)
I love that the arches are at the same height. And then the doors below them each serve different purposes. i love the variety of textures in this photo.
It's almost as if these are two old friends hanging out on the back porch watching the afternoon go by. Nifty old building, and yes, B&W works very well for this. (Gah - the older I get, the worse I spell...)
Very eclectic! Nice leading lines! The whites just "dance my eyes" from one side to the other. Kind of reminds me of photos I have seen on some of the blogsmy wife likes to read...They have a hogpog, scrap-booking feel to them. Good Job! :)
Perfect for a black and white study. Great rich textures. Lots of contrast. And it just has an interesting look to it. When I lived in Germany, we had a hundreds of acre sugar beet farm behind our house. Something about this takes me back to that :)
I find myself conflicted by the image. The B/W works well, but I have almost two images - which door should I look to? I have a hard time looking at them as a linked pair. The door on the left with the electrical wires look like it is missing a loading dock. So something changed over time. That could be a story in itself. The door in the right I think need an anchor. I feel the need for something to link it to the ground. A loading dock? A road? Just something. A full image of it by itself might work for me. Having only part of the door also weakens the image for me.
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