Ben
Matt Blaze81 Fulham Road ("Michelin House"), London, UK, 2024.
All the pixels, each inflated to the proper air pressure, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54196628571
Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/5.6), Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50), Cambo 1200 camera (shifted vertically -8mm).
Opened as the London headquarters for the Michelin Tyre Co in 1911, and now a mixed commercial building, the Art Nouveau Michelin House features whimsical tire-themed ornaments and stained glass windows with the original Michelin Man "Bibendum" character in various, generally terrifying, poses.
I wish I had had more time to photograph this delightfully weird building, but I only had an hour or so before I had to leave for the airport that day. The hard morning light only illuminated this one angle reasonably acceptably.
Phil Wolff@mattblaze I've seen this one before but I keep seeing new things. Like the circular M and MTC logos. And how the stained glass man is grimacing. Did they make bicycle tyres too?
@evanwolf They did! (And I believe still do.)