IMG_5019This is why Canadians go to Europe. Full stop. It’s a place where there is absolutely nothing utilitarian about pretty much anything.  Here is a photo essay of lampposts in the Baltic’s that started with this photo in Stockholm. From then on I spotted the most beautiful photogenic lampposts and lanterns everywhere.

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Even modern lighting looks pretty cool with this tower backdrop in Tallinn
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I wonder if the maker knew about the shadows it would cast?

 

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This beauty was in Gdansk
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Over-the-top like everything else in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage
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I wonder how long this Gdansk lamp took to make?

 

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Bruges

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Tallinn
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One thing leads to another when you start collecting…windows were next. This one is from an English pub.
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Copenhagen window
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Then I started in on doors…I have many more for a future photo essay