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Fallingwater No. 6

Fallingwater, Western Pennsylvania (Sep. 2005). 

Here's one final look at Fallingwater. I don't think my photos did - or could do - justice to the building. In one part, this is due to my constraints (low light, not being allowed to shoot from inside), but I think the remainder is that I had a very hard time expressing what the building meant to me. I'm not sure what that reflects... and why I was blocked from it, but I found that, when my friend and I got to Pittsburgh, my shooting style changed again, and I was no longer blocked.

Fallingwater No. 5a and No. 5b

Fallingwater No. 5a, Western Pennsylvania (Sep. 2005).

Fallingwater No. 5b, Western Pennsylvania (Sep. 2005).

Two versions of the same shot, one with color, one without, because I'm not sure which works better. I had a hard time shooting at Fallingwater. I don't know if it was because the site was so overpowering to me that I didn't know how to capture it or if it was just that the conditions - the overabundance of green, the low light, the museum's anti-photography* policy - that made my shots feel flat.

Which works better? The color shot or the b&w? I've enabled registration-free commenting for this... let's hope I don't get sp/amme/d to death. (Ignore on Typepad; commenting is enabled)

*Fallingwater allows outdoor photos but not indoor photos. The one exception is an 8:30 am tour of the site, on which you can take indoor photos, that costs $50 per person. That's a little harsh. Nonetheless, while the museum has a bit of an anti-photo policy, the tour guides at Fallingwater are wonderful. Ours was a knowledgeable local artist who tolerated every question (down to my "was this [Bach] score really owned by the residents or is this a placement piece?").

Fallingwater No. 4

Fallingwater, Western Pennsylvania (Sep. 2005).