Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

21 07 2012

This week we’re challenged to look Inside. Whilst in Melbourne, we visited the La Trobe Reading Room inside the State Library of Victoria. It is a magnificent room and a spectactular heritage space. The octagonal walls are lined with books and three levels of balconies rise up towards the restored dome ceiling.

La Trobe Reading Room: State Library of Victoria.

I love libraries and this one was fantastic. As you enter through double doors there is a busy silence. People are studying and reading – you can almost feel them thinking. The desks are custom built from Queensland oak and radiate out from the centre of the room. The top is lined with leather and rests on your chosen angle. I settled into a chair and looked around, wishing I was more than a passing tourist. We took time to explore inside and visited the various galleries on each floor as well as Mr Tulk’s cafe. It was a delightful and serendipitous day, a real treat to find and one I’d love to visit again.

Here are some more interpretations of “Inside”:

Alice through the Macro Lens

Beyond the Brush

The Journey is the Destination

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Date : July 21, 2012
Tags: gallery, library, melbourne, random
Categories : Weekly Photo Challenge

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21 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside | Wind Against Current (10:36:32) :

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21 07 2012: Lynne Ayers (11:19:22) :

Libraries are like cathedrals …

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21 07 2012: Northern Narratives (11:20:05) :

I love libraries. This one is amazing

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21 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside « Ruth E Hendricks Photography (12:23:07) :

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21 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside | Cardboard Me Travels (12:28:47) :

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21 07 2012: lemontree1 (14:24:27) :

I would love to study in there, it is so peaceful

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21 07 2012: dadirri7 (16:55:55) :

wonderful photo louise, and i love your description of ‘busy silence’ so true, yet those words had never occurred to me before …. now i will feel it every time i enter a library!

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21 07 2012: Shaanthz (20:37:18) :

That looks like an amazing library – I spend a lot of time in libraries too.

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21 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge – Inside 2 | Just Snaps (21:11:31) :

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22 07 2012: woven decor (02:16:02) :

I can almost smell the old book leather and dust of bygone eras.

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22 07 2012: Louise (08:27:27) :

Yes, yes we could! And wood polish!

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22 07 2012: sutira (11:16:25) :

I love the inside of libraries. And this one is so grand!

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22 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside « Traveler's Lounge (11:38:54) :

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23 07 2012: Heart To Harp (10:50:25) :

What a cool room! A shrine to the printed word…….

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23 07 2012: eof737 (11:09:35) :

Impressive space.

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23 07 2012: Weekly Photo Challenge: INSIDE « Flickr Comments by FrizzText (13:10:53) :

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23 07 2012: frizztext (@frizztext) (13:13:14) :

a breath taking architecture!
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26 07 2012: The Retiring Sort (00:55:40) :

Very nice shot – it looks so austere!

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5 08 2012: pommepal (06:38:03) :

I love your choice of words

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