#fonthill

Today working on... Fonthill Abbey-inspired mansion! Just ended with the general outlook, now working on the first part of the interiors! ----------------------------------------------------

Also known as Beckford's Folly, this huge neogothic manor was a true masterpiece of the first revival architecture. Concieved as a majestic incarnation of the concept of Sublime, the building dominated the landascape with his 90 meters high spire. Unfurtunately his adventure ended just 15 years after the end of his construction when the tower definitively collapsed.

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Old passenger trains with air conditioning units using ice, located in the Mojave Desert. Illuminated with a handheld ProtoMachines LED2 light painting device during the exposure. This was one of the many adventures I had while writing my second book of history and night photography. Night photography explorations bring about fantastic experiences and adventures. Certainly when exploring…

Rutter, John, 1796-1851. Delineations of Fonthill and its abbey. Shaftesbury : Published by the author, 1823

🛠️🚀 “The spirit of American innovation wasn’t born in factories. It was born in barns.”

Clint Flack of @mercerandfonthill said it best.

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Just south of Glasgow an immense drum topped with a dome can be glimpsed from the M74 motorway. This is the mausoleum commissioned by the 10th Duke of Hamilton. When he was interred there in 1852, it was hailed in the newspapers as ‘the most costly and magnificent temple for the reception of the dead in the world’, although with the caveat ‘always excepting the Pyramids’. Alexander…