The Shambles

Shambles is an old street in York, with many quirky shops located in beautiful, little buildings, some of them from the XIV century! Those overhanging timber-framed buildings create an amazing atmosphere and make you feel like in Harry Potter (for ones) or in one of Dickens’ novels (for others). We certainly enjoyed being there, walking around, spending money on delicious hot chocolate and other nice things ;)

We took these two photographs in that amazing chocolate shop I mentioned. One of them was taken with a normal 35mm rangefinder camera, showing how busy the street was. The other one was taken with a camera obscura. Because of a very long exposure time all the people disappeared, making the street look completely abandoned.
I find it amazing...

We hope to be back there sometime...