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Camera: Mamiya M645, f2.8 55mm Mamiya-Sekor lens. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Much of the housing, and subsequent commercial spaces in San Telmo are comprised of houses that face into an interior courtyard. The houses are typically long, and open onto either the ground level, or in some, to a balcony above it. As the city developed, these also became ideal settings for stores.
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Interesting - nothing like that here in the Dirty South, although it would likely work well. I like the variety of textures in the shot, the paint is peeling in so many different ways.
Posted by: SD (Aspherical) | July 04, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Beautiful!!
Posted by: Mike Dougan | July 02, 2009 at 06:11 AM
reminds me of some of the tourist traps in cuba, set out just like this. it's actually a traditional moorish design to have a main entrance leading into a courtyard with planting and (usually) a water feature; the spanish picked up the habit from their 700 year association with their moorish rulers.
Posted by: david | July 01, 2009 at 08:44 AM