September 6, 2006
Library Photos (or "Hot Library Smut")
I found this post at the nonist and had to share.
Maybe I'm just a library junky (which is to say, maybe other people don't value libraries aesthetically) but I think the photos (from a book by Candida Höfer) are astounding. I've fantasized about what it would be like to visit historical libraries (starting with the Great Library of Alexandria), yet I have failed to take the opportunity to visit many truly awe-inspiring modern libraries. (Note that most of the libraries on the page are from Europe. I wonder why everyone seems to make museum trips to Europe, but no one makes library trips.)
I would love a copy of that book. For a taste of what it might be like to have big, glossy versions of the photos on that page, check out the panorama of the British Museum reading room (3 MB) from Wikipedia's "Library" entry.
06 Sep 0:33 | Link | Category: Libraries & Digital Information, Photography