April 28, 2006
Busch-Reisinger on the Move, on the Side
This is just the Busch part of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard, as reflected on a shiny truck. I wish I could find a straight picture of the Busch part of the building, so you could compare it to the distortion. I've taken about a hundred while sitting at the traffic light right in front.
Wasn't it nice of the trucking company to leave a pure reflective, interesting surface, unmarred by advertising , with which the amateur photographer could toy? Had I had any presence of mind, I would have chased the truck through the streets of Cambridge, and taken 1200 distorted photographs of many historic buildings. But I didn't.
The Busch part, circa 1875 or thereabouts, has a red tile roof, and a green copper dome which is not included in the reflection. Why Harvard chose to show the concrete slab, Reisinger part of the museum on their website eludes me.
I liked this picture, and it reminded me that I hadn't visited the multi-talented qB over at Frizzy Logic for ages. She has a slide show that will take your breath away.
Photo note: see above
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