Model making
October 29, 2019


One that I wanted to see full page.

But then.. hmm, perhaps not. This would have been so much better with a lower ISO and a tripod. It’s a bit coarse and clumpy. Grainier than I expected with this camera. It was underexposed, and not just a little, that’s why. Sloppy. Not particularly sharp either, because of the hand-held / noise reduction combo. I’m willing to overlook the clipping in the background, but only barely. Do love it though, this picture, for its subject, but certainly not for its execution. 

I remember taking this shot rather hastily. I had been looking at the model making for a while, and suddenly all students were out of the frame. Walked away from their desk or dived under it to pick something up from the ground. And I love pictures of workplaces without the actual work visibly being done. 

Model making at the Crown Hall (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1965), home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.