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EXHIBITION BUILDING

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

IMAGE NUMBER 637

The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne is the world's only surviving Great Hall that once housed a 19th-century international exhibition. When it was built, the Great Hall was the largest building in Australia, and the highest building in Melbourne. It is brick, set on a bluestone base, and has long central naves and stunted transepts. There are four triumphal entrance porticoes, one on each side. The building is set in ceremonial gardens, which were designed by Reed and William Sangster. A wide avenue lined with plane trees links the front, southern entrance of the building with the city beyond. There was a viewing platform around the dome that allowed visitors to survey the progress of the booming city.

Technical Notes

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of .57 of a second and an aperture of F22. 80 mm Schneider Kreuznach lens with leaf shutter.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.