Dublins Three Icons
by Lexa Harpell
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Dublins Three Icons
Artist
Lexa Harpell
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Photograph - Photographs
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Magical Ireland Series by Lexa Harpell.
This architectural beauty was designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2009, who is renown for his futuristic engineering works. Shaped as an Irish Icon - A Harp.
*Foreground is the Janie Johnsson Tall Ship - famine boat.
*The famous Poolbeg Chimneys in the background.
Calatrava was also commissioned to create another 'futuristic' bridge six years earlier in Dublin, 'James Joyce Bridge' (*both Beckett and Joyce were prominent Irish writers)
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June 10th, 2016
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Christopher James
Well you certainly got my attention with travel capture.....and touched my soft spot with this square rigger....love the way the bridge blends in !!!
Lisa Kilby
Wonderful selective color image! L/ f
Lexa Harpell replied:
These are the true colours of the Quay Lisa...although the pop orange on the buildings looks like it!