User:Jmabel
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My "real" Wikipedia home page is en:User:Jmabel. I check my user page on both the English Wikipedia and Commons relatively often; I can also be reached by the "Email this user" feature (which does require that you open an account and provide your own email address to Wikimedia Foundation; you don't have to enable the "Email this user" feature for your own account).
As of 25 November 2009, I am an administrator on Commons. However, I try not to spend a lot of my time here on administrative tasks.
[edit] Licensing
Please note: My photos here are licensed under GFDL and CC-BY-SA 3.0 Some (mostly photos of people) are also licensed under CC-BY-2.5. For other non-commercial uses, I'll almost always be willing to let you use my photos if I get an appropriate photo credit, but please contact me and ask.
If your use is commercial and does not conform to GFDL, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (or other license I have explicitly granted), please do contact me, and I'm sure we can reach a reasonable licensing agreement suitable to your needs.
Among the places my photographs have appeared are the book National Geographic Traveler Romania, Clipper Vacations Magazine, Architectural Glass Concepts (AGC magazine), Haaretz, Salon.com, and the film Seeding Change: Participant Persectives (2008), directed by Joyce Anastasia.
 Suzzallo Library Graduate Reading Room (University of Washington). Image used by The Dispute Resolution Board Foundation Forum newsletter in an article on the renovation of the building. |
 A woman sculpting sand in Seattle's Westlake Park. Image used in a Clipper Vacations Magazine article on Seattle tourism. |
 The Nippon Kan stage curtain, now in the Wing Luke Museum. Used by Clipper Vacations Magazine. |
 An old sign on Seattle's Delmar Building / State Hotel. Used by Clipper Vacations Magazine. |
 Panorama of Gas Works Park and Lake Union. This image will be used in Seattle Geographies and Geographers (University of Washington Press, 2010)... |
 ... as will this one of Picardo Farm, the original "P-Patch". |
[edit] Useful tool for monitor calibration
I find this very useful & recommend it highly. w:Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates#Is my monitor calibrated correctly?
[edit] Some of my photos
This is by no means comprehensive, but I believe it is representative. Some of these don't do too well this small, please click through to larger images on anything that interests you.
[edit] Bucharest
 The airport |
 Lipscani rooftops |
 Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse from inside... |
 ... and out |
 CEC |
 Cercul Militar |
 Bucharest Novotel under construction. The front of the building replicates the old National Theatre. |
 Str. George Vraca |
 Bucharest City Hall, seen from Cişmigiu Garden |
 Statue of Iuliu Maniu |
 Stavropoleos Church |
 Sf. Treime, looking up |
 Sticlarilor (Glassmakers' Court). Click this for an interesting history. |
 Here's another view. |
 ... and another, from the other side. |
 Courtyard of Hanul Manuc... |
 ...of which I just can't resist... |
 ...showing you... |
 ... several views |
 Trajan's Column (reproduced in plaster), Museum of Romanian History |
 Inscription of Colţei Tower, Bucharest 1714. Museum of Romanian History |
 National Theatre Bucharest |
 Teens at La Motoare, terrace bar on the roof of the National Theatre |
 Japonoiserie at Teatru de Revistă Constantin Tănase |
 Piaţa Amzei (2001) |
 Piaţa Amzei (2001) |
 Piaţa Obor |
 Piaţa Obor |
 Insta-ruin: a "hunger circus" |
 Memorial to a Belgian journalist killed in the '89 Revolution |
 But so as not to end on a bummer… |
More wonderful Lipscani rooftops |
[edit] Opera House, Bucharest
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[edit] Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
 View from Piaţa Victoriei |
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 "The house… |
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 Note Moses on the left, with horns |
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 Windmill and water mill |
[edit] Spain
[edit] Barcelona
 Famous umbrella sign on the Ramblas |
 Anarchist-occupied theater, 1996 |
 CGT headquarters |
[edit] Trujillo
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[edit] Budapest
 Gellert Baths |
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 On Castle Hill |
 At Ruszwurm Cafe |
 A public fountain |
[edit] Snoqualmie Moondance, 1992
I finally acquired a decent scanner in 2007, and have been uploading some of my old 35mm photos. These were taken at a festival just east of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington in 1992. These are all quite hi-res; more than on most, I recommend clicking through.
 Me, back then. |
 Seattle Portable Outdoor Theater (S.P.O.T.) |
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 Seattle musician Darren Loucas |
 Boy with a hammock |
 "John the Freak" cooks... |
 ...and Taren serves |
 Meditation |
 Dancing |
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 The real Dalton Vrij |
[edit] Seattle, Washington
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 St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral |
 St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church |
Picardo Farm |
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 Alki Beach |
 "The Squirrels" |
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 Westlake Mall |
 Brutalist fountain, Freeway Park |
 The old Battelle campus in Laurelhurst |
 Protest action… |
 …against U.S.-South Korea FTA |
 Olympic Sculpture Park |
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 Kite-flying at Golden Gardens; Shilshole Marina in background |
 Paraglider practicing at Golden Gardens |
 Center for Wooden Boats |
 Sunset in Georgetown |
 Fishermen's Terminal at sunset |
 Hattie's Hat (bar in Ballard) |
 The inevitable Space Needle shots... |
 ...but, I hope, more interesting than most. |
 Steam plant at night. |
 Belts for sale at the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival |
[edit] Registered Historic Places
One of my projects has been to photograph places in Seattle (and thereabouts) that are on the National Register of Historic Places.
(The image above is the frieze of Seattle's Great Northern Building.)
 A lovely old library in the Fremont neighborhood. |
 Relief sculpture of a walrus adorning the Arctic Building |
 Interior, Church of the Blessed Sacrament |
 The D.A.R. building in the Harvard-Belmont Landmark District |
 Panama Hotel sign |
 College Inn |
 Broadway Performance Hall, a remnant of Broadway High School |
 Terracotta, Eagles Auditorium |
 Montlake Bridge (south tower) |
 Engine House No. 3 |
 Ward House, widely considered Seattle's oldest house (although there are other contenders, depending on the criteria) |
 R-class sloop Pirate, a famous racing sloop, at the Center for Wooden Boats |
[edit] Georgetown PowerPlant Museum
 Exterior (from the west) |
 This one is from on the grounds (south face) |
 Upper hall |
 Gauges |
 I have no idea what this particular brass object does, but it's very cool-looking |
[edit] Other landmarks
... and some official city landmarks that don't have NRHP status
 The Querio House in South Park |
 Kinnear Park |
 The Seward Park Inn |
 Franklin High School |
[edit] Gas Works Park
[edit] International District
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Stage curtain of the former Nippon Kan Theatre |
 Chinese chess (and Chinese kibbitzers) |
 Coconuts at the Night Market |
 Goldfish at the Night Market |
 Lion dance |
 More lion dancers in a fireworks haze |
Historic Panama Hotel |
 Just outside the ID, the Seattle Buddhist Church... |
 ...site of the Bon Odori in July |
 An Asian-American variant on the Seafair Pirates |
[edit] Art galleries and artists' studios
Greg Kucera Gallery
 Artist studio, 619 Western |
 Rock/Dement Gallery, Toshiro-Kaplan Building |
 Kate Protage in her studio, 619 Western |
[edit] Sand sculpture
Some much more informal art: sand sculpture at Sandfest in Westlake Park, August 2006.
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[edit] Kubota garden
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[edit] B. Marcus Priteca
Some buildings by architect B. Marcus Priteca.
 The Paramount Theater |
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 The former Coliseum Theater |
 Langston Hughes Performing Art Center, formerly the Synagogue of Chevra Bikur Cholim |
 Admiral Theater, West Seattle |
 Former Crystal Pool (now Cristalla) |
 Another Crystal Pool detail |
[edit] Comet Lodge Cemetery
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[edit] 1993 Seattle AIDS vigil
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[edit] Oh, and one more panorama
I really like this one. There's a tiny flaw at lower right, but otherwise seamless.
[edit] Tacoma, Washington
Panoramics of two schools, each stitched together with HugIn.
 Wright Park |
 Detail of old Elks (BPOE) building |
 Ranko's Rexall (detail) |
 First Presbyterian Church |
 First Presbyterian Church |
 First Presbyterian Church (detail) |
 First Presbyterian Church (detail) |
 House at 202 N Tacoma Ave |
[edit] Elsewhere in Washington
 View from Pioneer Park, Omak, Washington |
 Everett Station, Everett, Washington |
 201 S. Blakeley St, Monroe, Washington |
 Boys and Girls Club, Edmonds, Washington |
 3427 Norton Strett, Everett, Washington |
 Forest Park Swim Center, Everett, Washington |
 Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Washington |
 North Bend Community Church, North Bend, Washington |
 Camp Waskowitz, a former Forest Service Civilian Conservation Corps camp as Camp North Bend 1935–1942 |
 The pseudo-Bavarian architecture of Leavenworth, Washington |
 Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington |
 Maritime Museum, Westport, Washington |
_Lighthouse_interior_01.jpg) Inside the Gray's Harbor Lighthouse, near Westport, Washington |
[edit] San Francisco
[edit] Texas
[edit] Dallas, Texas
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 Eastern Zhou Dynasty funerary bronzes at the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art |
[edit] Fort Worth, Texas
 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth |
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 Amon Carter Museum |
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[edit] Austin, Texas
 6th Street (1993) |
[edit] Seattle and the Orient
I've been uploading page images (and extracted photographic images) of a rather remarkable 1900 booklet called Seattle and the Orient. Amazing stuff. (The "and the Orient" in the title is mostly a business pitch.)
 The old King County Courthouse on Profanity Hill |
 The Waltham Block: this now houses the Davidson Gallery and the Glasshouse |
 The Terry-Denny Building (at that time The Northern Hotel), still there (on the west side of First just below Yesler) |
 Looking west on James Street toward Pioneer Square; the two buildings in the foreground still survive, as does part of the second building from the right, and a few that can be seen in the distance (though, sadly, not the Seattle Hotel, second on left, or the Olympic Block, dead ahead). |
 Railroad Avenue along the downtown waterfront (now Alaskan Way) |
 Centennial Mill (flour mill at the foot of Yesler Way) |
 Tinfoiling Rainier Beer bottles |
 Inside the hull of a ship under construction in Moran Bros. shipyard |
[edit] Other old Seattle stuff
The Seattle Room at the Seattle Public Library is an another great resource. Among the many things I've found there are:
 A 1905 Rainier Beer ad from a Polk's Directory... |
 ... but I think this one from The Argus Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition special issue (1909) is even more fun. |
 An 1899 ad for Heckman & Hanson Shipbuilding Co. |
 A 1904 map showing the route of the Duwamish River by Georgetown and South Park before it was straightened |
 An 1893 map showing the old street names in what are now Wallingford and the University District |
 Elements of this 1912 photo from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer... |
_cover.jpg) ... were photo-collaged (part of it reversed) and hand-colored on the cover of this 1915 book. |
 Seattle's first (horesdrawn) street car at Occidental Avenue and Yesler Way, about 1884. The view is across Pioneer Square. The building in the background stood on the present site of the Mutual Life Building at First Avenue and Yesler Way. The building on the right was the Occidental Hotel, destroyed in the Great Fire (1889), replaced by the and the Seattle Hotel (which was demolished in 1961 and replaced by the "Sinking Ship" car park. |
 The SS Tacoma under construction, one of the fastest steamers in the Puget Sound mosquito fleet |
[edit] And some people
 Music critic and music historian Gillian Gaar |
 Roberto Maestas, founder of El Centro de la Raza |
 L. A. Times music and culture critic Ann Powers |
 Diane Warren, queen of the power ballad. |
 Author Darryl Ponicsan |
 Music critic Robert Christgau |
 John Rockwell of the New York Times |
 Singer and actress Asha Puthli |
 David Thomas of Pere Ubu |
 Author and sometime politician Grant Cogswell |
 Musician and activist Krist Novoselic |
 Author and music critic Greil Marcus |
 Author Nick Hornby |
 Actor Charles Canada |
 David Ritz, king of the "as told to" biography |
 Music producer and musician Steve Fisk |
 Sculptor/musician/composer Trimpin |
 Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest |
 Dutch actress and film director Monique van de Ven |
 Pakistani film director Mehreen Jabbar |
 Author William Least Heat-Moon |
 Rob Morgan of The Squirrels |
 Nona Hendryx of Labelle |
 Musician and music producer Al Kooper |
 Singer-songwriter Sarah Dougher |
 Shockabilly bassist and singer Brandy Battery |
