City - Saltaire State - WEST YORKSHIRE Country - United Kingdom
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This is the impressive URC in Saltaire, Bradford. Built by the industrialist Sir Titus Salt as part of his model village, Saltaire.
Took this on Monday..
Here's some stuff on Titus
For industrialists like Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) 'symbolic paternalism' was crucial in a context where business was heavily dependent on customary bonds and personal relationships based on trust and good repute. Products were more likely to be purchased from a manufacturer with strong local standing - so Conservative Salt built a village, with alms houses, a school, a church, an institute, public wash houses and homes for his workers.
and here's a bit on the church
United Reform Church The United Reform Church was originally Congregationalist - Congregationalism is a way of organising churches rather than a theology. The key feature of Congregationalism is the independence of the local church. A significant statement of symbolic paternalism, both visually and in its choice of polity.
I used to work in Salt's mill - and I don't even remember having seen the chapel. I like the ways it's framed by the trees, and I like the way the gates and path lead you into the main subject, but on my monitor, there are a few 'artifacts' visible in the sky, especially around the spire and trees - but this doesn't detract from the photo - I like it a lot.
Such a wonderful capture - I don't know what on earth you used for filters and polarisers. They are all out of bounds for my knowledge of camera works.
Inclusion of people gives a greand scale for the chappel - an impressive one on its own right.
Great info - such infos make the image even more appreciable. Learnt a bit today. I wish more and more people in usefilm will provide such infos.
And for Titus Salt - I am kind of following in his footsteps via the 'Leeds whs square' pathway to start a tea business in India - purely for philanthropic basis, to help the local farmers. Hope it will work and may be some day I will have "kensair" somewhere in India !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
regards, ken.
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Alastair Bell{K:29571} 6/2/2005
I love the colours and the feeling of warmth in this Ade... As i said last night, this is a cracking shot! Well done!
Ade great colours and warm tones showing off the texture of the brickwork really well - it looks like a painting that would grace the walls of the church - interesting about - thanks Margaret
Beautiful photo... the composition is perfect & the colour tones superb... can even tell what time you took this shot (Providing the clock is right.. lol)
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{K:29571} 6/2/2005
