Friday, and 5 of us obtained access to the topmost floors of Luder’s concrete extravanganza/monstrosity, made famous as a location in the film Get Carter. This is my favourite of the first batch of photos, but there’s lots more being developed at Colorworld in North Shields.
I’m giving up using Spectrum Imaging to process my film: more about that another day. Meantime, if you have any useful, interesting or informative Spectrum anecdotes, praise or otherwise, please do mail ‘em in.
A SB800 on remote, handheld at arms’ length, and my favourite 85mm 1.4 were used. Will post more photos and the CLS settings, later in the week. I know most people seem to have given up on 35mm, but it’s so easy to use, the machines are eminently portable, and I love it.
It was built while I was at University. It is one of the few iconic buildings in the town, and if designed by an architect who understood building construction, it might have been worth keeping. As it is…
We will always be able to watch Get Carter if we want a fix of crap 60s architecture.
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Still not demolished then?
Still in use, up to the 6th floor. Will you be sorry to see it go? It’s your planning era, isn’t it?
It was built while I was at University. It is one of the few iconic buildings in the town, and if designed by an architect who understood building construction, it might have been worth keeping. As it is…
We will always be able to watch Get Carter if we want a fix of crap 60s architecture.