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The passenger liner ‘Aquitania’ (1914) in the Gladstone Graving Dock, Liverpool, in preparation for her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. A view from the head of the dock, looking up at the starboard bow of the ship.
Bedford Lemere Collection : National Maritime Museum is an online collection of over 500 photographs of ocean liners taken between 1891 and 1919. Taken by Bedford Lemere & Co., a company of architectural photographers active from the late 1860s to the 1940s, the collection covers the interiors and exteriors of 35 liners. The images were digitised from 12 x 10 inch glass plate negatives which were taken with small apertures and long exposures to allow their subjects to be captured in fine detail. (Intute: Arts & Humanities)
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Thanks Will. I really love how the “little” people at the bottom and top really create a sense of the scale of this vessel. The knife blade effect is pretty cool too.
Comment by Peter A. Mello May 9, 2008 @ 10:09 pmthanks, peter, for the fantastic foto. the term “tromp d’oeil” comes to mind when tens of thousands of tons of steel is captured so as to resemble a knife blade. i remember being fascinated by shots like these as a kid even.
Comment by will May 9, 2008 @ 1:55 pm