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Le Marqui’s Lounge – A Ghost Town(1 & 3), originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.

Le Marqui’s Lounge – Fayetteville, NC – A Ghost Town of a Lounge – I’m blogging these photos just as an introduction to the post. I had to crawl under a locked gate to take these pictures. This ‘Lounge’ has been deserted for some time now…I realize now that you can see me peering in the window on this first picture.  I guess I was a little nervous, since I was trespassing…

Here’s a random list (no particular order really) of 10 interesting black & white photography websites.  Or, at least, each site has a section dedicated to black & white…

  1. Smashing Magazine & Smashing Magazine 2 - Smashing Magazine was founded in 2006 and is primarily dedicated to helping out designers and developers by providing them the latest trend information in web development/design.
  2. Paul Politis – Paul Politis is a photographer born in Montreal, Canada now based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  His photographic subjects include: Architecture, objects, people, urban, nights, nude, Cuba, New York City, abandoned places, Graffiti, Colour.
  3. Dave Beckerman – Dave Beckerman has dealt specifically with black and white photography throughout the years.  He was born and raised in the Bronx.  The link provided has primarily B&W photos of New York City.
  4. Philip Pankov – Philip Pankov was born in the Soviet Union and, like most professional photographers, learned his craft starting at a very young age.  He has since moved to Dublin, Ireland; now living on the west coast of the United States. 
  5. Lynn Radeka – Lynn Radeka, an American photographer, has photographed the American Landscape extinsively, since the 1960’s.  He has focused primarily on the west and south west.
  6. MAANDREW Photography – M. A. Andrew is from Oldham, England and studied at Manchester University.  You will find images from Hong Kong, Paris, Venice, Istanbul, Madrid, London, Singapore and more…
  7. Hongkiat – Hongkiat.com comes out of Malaysia.  Primarily a designer/pro-blogger.  This particular link provides some outstanding B&W potrait shots.
  8. Roy V. Harrington – Roy Harrington is a photographer from the western United States, which is what most of his B&W photography subjects consist of.  He primarily shoots with a 4 x 5 view camera for his B&W shots.
  9. Clyde Butcher – Clyde Butcher deals primarily with nature photography and has been appreciated by many for providing others with a greater understanding of the importance of the environment.
  10. Dapixara – Dapixara contributes to some well known organizations, such as: CNN, National Geographic, and The Travel Channel…

Le Marqui’s Lounge – A Ghost Town(1 & 3), originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.

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