Beth Sholom Synagogue
Uploaded: April 12, 2013
Beth Sholom Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It is the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Beth Sholom is Hebrew for House of Peace.
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From Wikipedia:
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The building is a startling, translucent, modernist evocation of an ancient temple, transposed to a Philadelphia suburb by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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In 2007, the building was named a National Historic Landmark:
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of American architecture. The glazed glass pyramidal tower, built in the 1950s, reflects two dominant metaphors—the tent and the mountain—to convey the sense of a collective sacredness. It is ...one of Wright's most important commissions during his long and productive career."
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It was dusk when I photographed the synagogue a few nights ago. I used two blended layers of TOPAZ Adjust to enhance the view at dusk.
Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 4000, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 39.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Monnie Ryan April 12, 2013
Quite a unique structure - beautifully captured! #1523707Tiia Vissak April 13, 2013
a cool EOD! #10651226Lynn M. Whitt April 13, 2013
nice find and capture. #10651349MELODIE C. ROBERTS April 13, 2013
That is quite the building Mickey!Wonderfully done!!
Great information too #10651354
Colette M. Metcalf April 13, 2013
Nice capture and great history! #10651386Robert R. Goodman April 13, 2013
Hi Michelle,Beautiful synagogue and capture my friend.Never seen one that looks like that!!!! #10652151Mick Tursky May 04, 2013
Quite a surreal scene. Great eye for a photo and very well done. #10681659Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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