By
Brian Carson
Piece description from the artist
In 1957 an international competition was held for a design of a new city hall. A total of 520 designs were received from 42 different countries. The winner of the competition was Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In 1965 Toronto's fourth city hall opened and still serves as the home of the city's council. The 27 story east tower and the 20 story west tower surround the saucer shaped council chamber. The saddest part of the history of our current city hall is that Revell died of a heart attack at 54 years old just 10 months prior to the opening ceremonies and never got to see his vision completed.
"When finished, the building generated controversy among many people who felt that it was 'too futuristic' for the city." (Thank you to a Wikipedia contributor for that piece of information).
Original photography using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Sigma 17-70mm f2.8 DC Macro OS lens and Silver EFEX Pro as a Lightroom plugin for the Black and White conversion.
Brian Carson is a full time student of both the photographic and digital arts in Toronto, Canada. He resides as photographer, main contributor, curator, archival supervisor and head honcho at The Learning Curve Photography with a portfolio that includes but is not limited to fine art, black and white, corporate event, social event, music, location and sports photography with some digital creations thrown in to keep things interesting.
He considers himself incredibly lucky to have one wife, one daughter, one dog and two cats who tolerate him chasing them around with his camera in his attempt to capture the elusive ' One Perfect Shot '.
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