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12/08/2008


my photo manipulated using Photoshop Graphic Pen

a West Sussex landmark ...

The famous Brighton West Pier, ravaged by fire, wind and sea, forgotten.


10 comments:

LizzieJane said...

I saw this on the news and it was so sad to see it destroyed, we used to go there for school trips when I lived in England. They did not say on our news why it caught fire, do they know?

Acornmoon said...

I am getting confused with piers, this pier was destroyed some years ago, is that right? Weston Super Mare has recently burnt down? It's so sad, I grew up in the North West so we had Southport, Blackpool and Llandudno piers.They have a magic all of their own. This is a great image that you have created, it reminds me of Whistler, very moody.

Twiggy said...

Great image but sad too. I love piers and it's so sad there are so few left. I think there is a British Pier Society.
Twiggy x

Carol said...

I love The Piers too Louise...how sad that in the future the original ones will all have gone.
There is always a quietness on the Piers even above all the noise that is happening.
Carol x

Indigo Blue said...

I went to Brighton only last week. Why is it that it seems to always be historical features that this happens to and never horrid new buildings?

Nikki said...

I lived in Brighton for three years, about 15 years ago. I was always very fond of the West pier, even in its state of decay. I could swear I heard a band playing in the wind that whistled through it....

Rosezilla (Tracie Walker) said...

black and white photography just really sets the mood, doesn't it? Very nice photo.

Anonymous said...

It looks like a very old photo! I like it. xx

Glo said...

A sad story, but a very effective picture. Thanks also for the info re the process you used in Photoshop.

Suzie Sews At DOTTY RED said...

such a sad and a little creepy picture, it has sense of death all around it, oh what a jolly little comment, sorry I did not mean it like that...it has its own beauty...yes that reads better....