Market Friday: an exhibition of old photographs in a department store
I used my self-portrait as the title photo of today's post; it was the photo that started my shopping trip that day. When I photographed my reflection in the window of a shop selling old cameras, I didn't yet know that the subject of analogue photoprocessing awaited me in the next shop.
I had a simple plan: I was going to go to the grocery shop to buy food for dinner. On this day, I decided to put a little variety into my usual shopping. I went shopping in the supermarket on the ground floor of the Passage department store instead of going to one of the shops near my house.
You may remember Passage Shopping Gallery, I've told you about this high glass-roofed shop once before. I took a picture of the central gallery - if you read the previous post you'll easily recognise the place.
Last time I walked through the main gallery of the shop, but this time I had to go to the basement and I entered through the side entrance. I found myself on an old staircase with a beautiful banister and a vintage lift, but I didn't go straight down to the supermarket . Instead, I walked forward a bit to take some photos of the interior.
An unusual object caught my eye. In a deep niche stood a glass display case with a toy house inside. The black and white faces of the inhabitants looked out of the windows.
The glass negatives now arranged in the windows of this toy house had been found during the renovation of the building. Carl Bulla's Atelier is the best known and most popular photographic studio in 19th century St. Petersburg.
Each window has a portrait of one of the "inhabitants" of this unusual house: a young girl, an elderly gentleman, a strict mistress, a respectable official, a merry prankster...
Although all these images are negatives, it is not difficult to understand who is depicted on the photographic plates. The glass window is quite glaring and my smartphone catches this glare, but I tried to place the camera so as to show the unusual windows of this house.
Then I walked through the clothes shop and down to the basement. The interior of the clothing shop has retained the decorative elements of 19th-century architecture, but the interior of the supermarket is thoroughly modern. This shop differs from others of a similar kind only in its address.
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| Smartphone | Google Pixel 3a |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
This is my entry for the #marketfriday challenge by @dswigle.
Amazing place to visit. Also the exhibition and your self portrait in the first photo.
Love the building and the architecture of it. The stairs the passage itself. Beautiful.
So much to see.
Thanks for sharing with us @tatdt 😁😎 have a great weekend!
It's a very beautiful building and I hope to go back there again when the new shops on the third floor open! Thank you very much!
That’s is great… I’m sure it will be nice to see the new shops 😎
You are welcome 🤗 enjoy your weekend 💃🏻☀️
Hello dear friend @tatdt good afternoon
I love the design of the building of this beautiful place, the small details make it unique, what a beautiful detail to have the miniature of the place with its inhabitants.
I love the style of the constructions of the place where you live
Enjoy Friday shopping
Thank you very much, dear friend @jlufer! It's a very beautiful building - I'm glad you liked it! Have a good weekend!
Yay! 🤗
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I vividly remember this building! You gave a glimpse of the back stairs and their beautiful banister! Does the lift actually work? Everything about this architecture is incredible, but, the view of the roof was amazing and you just cannot take your eyes off of it.
Those houses with the negatives!!! Oh, my! That was amazing, without the negatives, the house was incredible still. Did you see how ornate the windows were? The entire thing!
I absolutely love this place. It is with pleasure that I read your post over a couple of times, each time, loving it more and more.
I love how you began the post with you! :)
This is what I love about #MarketFriday! It is people like you that bring the culture, the architecture, the beauty, and even the words to describe and explain! Thank you so much for everything! I truly appreciate it!
Fridays are all about the #MarketFriday Challenge! Looking to take part in it? Here is how:
Take pictures! Be creative!
5. Drop the link into the MarketFriday comment section so I can find it
7. You must put #MarketFriday by @dswigle somewhere on your post
As always, please remember! #MarketFriday loves you!
Yes, the lift works. I took these stairs up to the top floor and then took the lift down, so I checked it out:)
This amazing house with the negatives is located in a deep niche on a side staircase, and many people don't notice it (and I hadn't seen it before either). I was thrilled with such a find!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! (also for checking the lift out!)
I have never seen anything like those little houses! I can imagine coming upon them! What a find! That excites me, truly. The architecture and history behind it really drive me to come and read you. Also, of course, you are a brilliant writer.
So thank you so much for sharing this with #MarketFriday!
Добрый день, если интересно подпишитесь на новое сообщество, и если есть возможность помогите её развивать : https://hive.blog/trending/hive-166239
Да, интересно! И сама подписалась, и разместила информацию в группе в телеграмме. Спасибо за сообщество, желаю успеха!
Спасибо большое. А какая группа в телеграмме ? Рускоговорящих Хайверов ?
Почти:) Там больше про Стимит - но заодно и про Хайв, и про Голос, и даже про Дзен.
Можете поделиться ссылкой. Я активный в телеграме. И для нашего сообщество тоже можно создать группу. Как вас найти в телеграм ? Либо пишите мне тут : https://t.me/clixmoneyy
Конечно! Написала в телеграмме, и прислала пригласительную ссылку на группу. В названии написано, что она про кактусы - это отсылка к известному анекдоту.
Those negatives could scare you if you look at them at night without a light. I had to look carefully again just to be sure my mind wasn't playing a trick on me.
The clothes shop is my favorite. Beautiful colorful clothes.
Luckily, shopping at night in the dark is not a common thing for most of us! Thank you very much!