Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/28/photographer-travels-the-globe.html
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I want that job. Actually I just want the funds and time to be able to go visit libraries all over the world.
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!
This is my dream job. Id do it for free!
I visited this place years back on a visit to the Adams House in Mass., and still think of it; JQ Adams wanted a freestanding library for his books and papers, and his son built this:
Tiny, but the stuff dreams are made of…
Not a reboing!
Not that I would have minded. Because libraries.
if I had funds I’d do a crazy cyber online availability as libraries (listings reference) tried to extinguish the flames in the nineties but could not really get round the holo room
Also my post - combines two of my faves! And to date I have not self-duped a post! There’s always next week, though.
I’ve been looking for some nice new wallpapers for my desktop. Library and bookstore aesthetics are an old fave.
Have put this on the please-oh-please-oh-please request list at Austin Public Library. Let’s see how far I get.
I sure hope the book includes this utterly intriguing library:
oh and this
I berate myself today for not having seen the library at St.Gallen when I was working “nearby” (i.e. less than two hours from there).
My favourite is still Vienna. Coimbra was nice, too.
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