Kirk... you want architecture?

[Leigh]

Some really neat stuff here. Unfortunately, it would require a lot of travel. :D

World Architecture Festival pix from the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-23151365

- Leigh

[bobwysiwyg]

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

[Kirk Gittings]

Cool. If it was on my own dime I would rather go to Ankor Wat or Petra or the Yucatan, but I wish to hell I had the contract to shoot some of these projects.

[Leigh]

Ah... so you're into archaeology. So am I. Wish I could shoot some of the neat sites.

You know they just announced a new site near Angkor Wat called Mahendraparvata?
Apparently there was a huge conurbation that included both those sites and many others.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/laser-scans-flesh-out-saga-cambodias-1-200-year-old-6C10353349
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/travel/cambodia-temple-discovery/?hpt=tr_c2
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/airborne-laser-uncovers-ancient-city-in-cambodian-forest-1.1330209

- Leigh

[Kirk Gittings]

Most of my income comes from contemporary architecture, but my heart has been with pre-historic and historic architecture since I was a kid living near some Anasazi ruins on the Rio Puerco west of Albuquerque.

Thanks for the info on AW. I had not heard that!

[Merg Ross]

Would be fun to photograph those exteriors! Thanks for posting.

When I arrived in Thailand in 1965 as battalion photographer, Angkor Wat had just been declared off-limits to U.S. military personnel. My predecessor showed me the work he had done there, and I was disappointed to have missed the opportunity -- it had quite a different look then, unlike what is seen in more recent photographs.

Instead, I arranged a C-130 ride to India and photographed the Taj Mahal. Different for sure, but still impressive!