RichardQ Loc: Colorado

These two doorway shots were taken 30 years apart, one in Nice on the French Riviera and the other in Manhattan, New York City. It shouldn't be difficult to tell them apart. Both were taken with a twin-lens reflex camera. When I saw the prints side by side, I was struck by the comparison of the cultures. The Nice doorway is large and inviting, reflecting INHO the Mediterranean attitude. The Manhattan doorway is shielded and has become a large facade, I just noticed that the doorman is in the street looking for a taxi for the lady under the canopy. I have no problem with the converging verticals because if they are straightened, I'll lose some details in the right and left corners. But I'd like to hear the opinions of Hoggers who are interested in architecture.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

What's not inviting about a canopy protecting guests and visitors from the elements and a doorman actively seeking a taxi for a guest? Altho the guests and visitors to the Nice establishment are carrying packages and suitcases, no one seems to be helping them. I prefer NYC's hospitality. My family lived in a NYC suburb for a number of years.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

I think these are wonderful shots and thank you for posting. In addition to their intrinsic interest, they show how far photography has come.

Too bad we did not have metadata back then. What TLR? What film? Who cares about exposure settings, developer and the rest. However, I would appreciate your spotting the prints. A little too dusty for my likes plus that hair or thread in the Nice one. I will let you get away with the converging parallels. You might want to check the copyright law. I suspect these passed into the public domain a long time ago unless you copyrighted it thirty days ago.

Please post more.

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

Curious that the doorman is looking in the opposite direction of an approaching taxi.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

But what if the doorman is hailing a taxi for the lady under the canopy and both are waiting anxiously and this is one of the several one-way streets surrounding Rockefeller Center? As they say, elementary Watson.

RichardQ Loc: Colorado

Many thanks for the comments, abc! Believe me, I value the input. But until I succeed in upgrading to a negative scanner, I'm forced to scan old 2-1/4 contact prints for most of my posts. I'm surprised they come out as well as they do. The 1946 shot was taken with a 1939 Voigtlander Brillant twin-lens 120 camera with an uncoated 75mm f/4.5 Voigtar lens and a Bakelite body. It was the only Brillant model with the viewing lens coupled to the taking lens, enabling real reflex focusing, and it had an optical sportsfinder. It also had a cute little door on the side for storing two filters. The film was Kodak Super XX, rated then at 100 ASA. I used a GE handheld meter. The NYC shot was taken with a 1959 Automatic Rolleiflex with a coated 5-element 75mm f/3.5 Zeiss Planar lens, no filter but a sunshade. The film was Kodak Tri-X, rated at 400 ASA. and I used a handheld Seconic Director meter. I haven't developed a film or made a print in 50 years, and I miss it. Attached is a shot of me with my Voigtlander Brillant in 1946 when I was in the Army Air Force in Occupied Germany.

I tried to spot the Nice image, using Picasa 3, but this is the best my 89-year-old arthritic hands could accomplish.

Believe me, the copyrights on most of my prints posted here are as fresh as a daisy, because these postings are the first time they've left the files since they were taken and filed, which was 70 years ago in the case of the French Riviera visit and 40 years ago in NYC.

RichardQ

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

You were a real devotee. Pretty good job for scanner proof sheets. I like the "selfie" ala 1945. Keep posting.

blackest Loc: Ireland

From the wikipedia page on copyright "Typically, the duration of a copyright spans the author's life plus 50 to 100 years (that is, copyright typically expires 50 to 100 years after the author dies" It's unlikely anyone reading this today will live to see your copyrights expire.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

My concern is the lapse in time between creation and copyrighting.

blackest Loc: Ireland

except in the case of work for hire, you own the copyright on your creations. registering copyright can increase damages though.