This Week in Photography History
San Francisco in Ruins taken by George Lawrence on May 28, 1906. Mr. Lawrence was an innovative photographer, experimenting with aerial photography using kites and balloons and constructing huge cameras and lenses. Six weeks after an earthquake and resulting fire devastated San Francisco, he mounted a 49 pound camera on a train of kites to take this 160 degree panorama from 2000 feet high.
Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Covered in over a hundred kilograms of gold, the Golden Temple is one of the most magnificent structures in India. Besides being one of the quietest and most peaceful pilgrimage sites in India, it is also one of the cleanest parts of the country.
The temple grounds are constantly swept and washed by hundreds of volunteers and the bathrooms were some of the cleanest I’ve come across so far. Water runs through a small pool at the entrance where you wash your feet before entering premises and shoes are not allowed anywhere inside the temple area. The temple is so clean, it hardly seems like India.
