Things Are Looking Up

invisible · Nov 17, 2011

This was my second visit to Habitat 67 in Montreal in about a month. Great place for abstract photography! Unfortunately, the fun was cut short when I was asked to leave by a security guard... but I grabbed this just before his boot impacted my butt.

Thanks for looking.

BlackSheep · Nov 17, 2011

Spooky lighting. What's Habitat 67? I've never heard of it.

Is it the top of a staircase or just an open hole that the light is coming up from?

Great shot, as always!

Fishpaste · Nov 17, 2011

It's a weird housing complex made by a fairly famous architect.

Wiki tells me it's by Moshe Safdie, built for World Exposition 67.

From a Google search:

Nice photograph by the way. I like the texture of the concrete.

invisible · Nov 18, 2011

BlackSheep said:
Spooky lighting. What's Habitat 67? I've never heard of it.

Is it the top of a staircase or just an open hole that the light is coming up from?

Great shot, as always!

Thank you

This is the ceiling of the public hallway. I pointed my camera right up.

Fishpaste said:
It's a weird housing complex made by a fairly famous architect.

Wiki tells me it's by Moshe Safdie, built for World Exposition 67.
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Nice photograph by the way. I like the texture of the concrete.

Thank you! Yes, that's indeed it. It was originally built to be presented during the Expo 67 as a complex of dwellings for low-income families. Then came the awards, and in time it became an upscale place to live.

Some info here: Architecture Canada - Prix du XXe siécle - Habitat '67

mishele · Nov 18, 2011

Great shot. I love all the lines in various lighting.
My gut still would love to see a little more darkness in the shot. I don't know if that's because it's what I expect from you or if that would look best..... :sexywink: