The French do give room to architects to create modern buildings in the middle of old cities. One of them is the Centre Pompidou. This is a detail of this museum, shot on a holiday in December 1981.
Centre Pompidou Paris - December 1981
Picture of the Day: Roofterrace (Crete Greece)
27 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartI love black and white photography. In the pre-digital-era I used to take just one camera loaded with a black and white film. One of the rare occasions I did want to have a colourfilm in it was when I walked throught Chania in Crete and saw these umbrellas on a roofterrace. The colours were stunning: pastels against a dark blue sky! This is the black and white shot. Not bad. But not as impressive as it would have been in colour!
Chania Crete - August 1992
Picture of the Day: Père Lachaise Paris
23 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartPère Lachaise is a famous cemetary in Paris. It is like a small village with the remains of a few famous but much more not so famous people. This photo was shot in February 1989. An old woman actually stepped into the composition.
Père Lachaise Paris - February 1989
Picture of the Day: Tired Guard in Egyptian Temple
21 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartA young guard takes a brake in the temple at Edfu in Egypt.
Young Guard - Edfu Egypt - April 2001
Picture of the Day: Sunrise in Britany (France)
20 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartThis is Porspoder, a small village on the west coast of Britany (Bretagne) in France. Shot in August 1981.
Porspoder - August 1981
Picture of the Day: British Museum
15 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartThis picture I took in 1980 during a visit to London. It is an old Greek statue, ‘borrowed’ for a long time, as on display in the British Museum.
Greek statue - British Museum 1980
Picture of the Day: Overexposed in Ephesus
13 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartIn 1983 I visited Ephesus in Turkey. It was the middle of the day, the sun was beating down. The lighting meter of a friend’s camera did not work, so I measured a shot for him, just as these two young soldiers walked by. I had to take the shot, even if it was not well exposed. And the print I scanned suffered a bit over the years.
Ephesus August 1983
Picture of the Day: Amsterdam Airport Runways
8 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartThese two shots I took while waiting for family to arrive at Schiphol Airport. These are shot with the NOkia 6500 Slide. This phone takes quite good pictures. Just fun to play with when there is no Nikon around 
Schiphol Airport July 2008
Schiphol Airport July 2008
Picture of the Day: A Bridge by Calatrava
6 July 2009 — Chris BreebaartIn Hoofddorp the Spanish architect Calatrava created three bridges. This is one of them ‘De Harp’ (The Harp). An impression using a Nokia mobile!
De Harp Nieuw-Vennep
De Harp Nieuw-Vennep
De Harp Nieuw-Vennep
De Harp Nieuw-Vennep
De Harp Nieuw-Vennep
