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A new version of this view of the Bodleian Library Radcliffe Camera. I'd seen many great shots of Oxford's most famous building with long grass and weeds during lockdown (such as this one :
www.flickr.com/photos/155183180@N03/50004657891/in/pool-r... ). Unfortunately on the day I visited recently it looks like they'd only just cut the grass.
Hopefully I won't get another chance to ever shoot it with long grass again any time soon..........
Click here to here to see more of my favourite Oxford shots :
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From Wikipedia : "The Radcliffe Camera (Camera, meaning "room" in Latin; colloquially, "Rad Cam" or "The Camera") is a building of Oxford University, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's striking circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university.
The library's construction and maintenance was funded from the estate of John Radcliffe, a notable doctor, who left £40,000 upon his death in 1714. According to the terms of his will, construction only began in 1737, although the intervening period saw the complex purchase of the site. The exterior was complete in 1747 and the interior finished by 1748, although the library's opening was delayed until 13 April 1749."
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