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It is what it is.What harm can taking a photo do, with or without flash?
As a film professional I've read many articles on this matter and most of them are onto what you are saying. Not so much possible damage when stone made objects are in question but very risky with paintings.It is argued that light stimulates the bacteria living in the moisture condensing from human breath and it's their excretions that cause the damage. At least that's what they argued at Lascaux.
Normally I would be able to avoid the temptation to place my hand there but you Rev have made it harder for me to resist. I didn't know that the location worn down was on the Tree of Jesse. I have a line of four Jesses on my family tree.Sigh! When I first visited SdeC in 1977 I remember putting my fingers into the Tree of Jesse handprint so vividly! What a special treat!
The photos are spectacular but I have to say I would very much like to see it with my own eyes.IMHO, those pictures obviate the need for an in-person visit.
So true. The NGS photos are better than anything I could ever take. And trying to capture the Portico would only get in the way of just being there, and quietly absorbing the beauty of what Maestro Mateo created, now newly restored.When you want a photo, I advice that you by a postcard.
Somehow that simple act of placing my fingers and giving thanks made me feel so connected to the medieval pilgrims who had gone before me. I felt their prayers.Sigh! When I first visited SdeC in 1977 I remember putting my fingers into the Tree of Jesse handprint so vividly! What a special treat! But that day I saw just two or three peregrinos - certainly not two or three thousand.... So perhaps all this is for the best....
Yes, I remember that too. And knocking heads with Maestro Matteo.Sigh! When I first visited SdeC in 1977 I remember putting my fingers into the Tree of Jesse handprint so vividly! What a special treat! But that day I saw just two or three peregrinos - certainly not two or three thousand.... So perhaps all this is for the best....
Now having done that, I can say from experience that it's very much worth the tour that the museum does so well.The photos are spectacular but I have to say I would very much like to see it with my own eyes.
It is different to stand there, in person.
Yes, I remember that too. And knocking heads with Maestro Matteo.
I didn't realize you'd been there in '77.
Would you kindly add the link to "Today in Santiago"I encourage everyone to see my post in the thread “Today in Santiago.” There you will find the link to the National Geographic Magazine story on the 10-year renovation of the Portico e la Glora. IMHO, those pictures obviate the need for an in-person visit.
Hope this helps.
Yes! That's how I felt too, back in 2004 early one morning in dim light when the cathedral was all but empty. I felt amazed, awed that it was me, myself, I... standing there where so many others had stood.Somehow that simple act of placing my fingers and giving thanks made me feel so connected to the medieval pilgrims who had gone before me. I felt their prayers.
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