Phone Box

[Wes Hall]

Haha, I'm editing that post now as missed that typo!

 

[Chris Bennett]

This one's for @Rob MacKillop

 

[Rob MacKillop]

What odd things walk past that phone box. I think the locals have cottoned on to you, Chris, and this guitarist is hoping for a free album-cover shot!

 

[Chris Bennett]

It was a band of buskers, Rob. They often use that spot to perform and it was fabulous to see the smiles on the faces of so many of the passers-by enjoying the music.

 

[Chris Bennett]

The User



Five months of photos of the phone box and, finally, someone uses it to make a call! They still couldn't do it without their mobile phone though!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

 

[Dave Farnes]

I agree with Wes, those first two look rather scary to me.

 

[Chris Bennett]

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a good one.

He is probably wondering what this strange antique object is for.

 

[Chris Bennett]

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Intense. Good shadow work, Chris.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks Rob. I like this one.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Clean Sheet
The phone box has new glass!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

OMG! I’m surprised they didn’t consult you first, Chris. Looks a bit clean…

 

[Chris Bennett]

It does, doesn't it? Actually, that's what I thought had been done - it had just been cleaned. So my first thought was, that at least I will still have the scratches on the glass. Then when I looked a bit closer, I realised both panes had been completely replaced. I don't know whether they had reached the point where they were considered to be not fit for purpose, or perhaps they were smashed.
Anyway, a new dawn for telephony in Lancaster has arrived!
I am sure it will be no time at all before these two windows become thoroughly begrunged.

 

[Chris Bennett]

OMG! ...Looks a bit clean…

Fear not though, Rob, I have a new angle of grungification to exploit!
Just to either side of the place that I normally post myself, there are some black windows, in which, if I go alongside the phone box, I can see a reflection back through the box windows.
This enables me to get shots like this...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good framing at the sides. Timing is crucial.

 

[Wes Hall]

Excellent to hear those suits at City Hall can't halt your artistic expression Chris! I concur with Rob on the latest.

 

[Chris Bennett]

More grunge from the new angle

 

[Chris Bennett]

...and a couple from the old viewpoint through the new glass.






It will be fascinating to witness the patina building up as time, bill stickers and graffiti artists have their wicked way with the glass.