Dream Office

Dream Office. A shot grabbed in one of the Bauhaus Masters' Houses in Dessau, Germany. The centre of the Bauhaus design movement from 1925-1932, Dessau was something of a design pilgrimage for me on my 2011 return visit to the region between Leipzig and Berlin. In the Masters' Houses I was part of a small group being shepherded fairly quickly through the various rooms, and I had to work quickly to record some of what was there as well as trying to take a few arty pictures. I had already decided to fit the superb Nikon 12-24mm before entering the house, and I liked the strong perspective introduced in this sparse Bauhaus office by getting in close at the 12mm end – the focal length is equivalent to 18mm on 35mm film. I heightened the effect by adding a strong radial blur and pushing the colour saturation.

Technical: NIKON D300, f=12.0 mm, ISO800, 1/30 sec @ f6.3

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