Institut du Monde Arabe
Originally uploaded by miguel valle de figueiredo
This is a wonderful building, which has a very powerful atmosphere inside it. I visted just before Christmas, partly because it was arguably the most striking suggestion in the trendy little Paris Wallpaper guide (there were also lots of Le Corbusier buildings). I was kind of happy with my picture of it and then I came across this one above on flickr and realised mine was a bit rubbish. Still I guess that is how you can learn - go somewhere and take pics and then look at better photographers' efforts on flickr and see how you could have shot it.
As Miguel says: "Tthe windows are like automatic diaphragms in a photographic lens : they open up or close down depending on the light intensity."
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