Washington (“Hinckley”) Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, 2023.
Too many pixels to travel with at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796/
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Washington (“Hinckley”) Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, 2023.
Too many pixels to travel with at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796/
#photography
The result here is about 170MP in 16x9 format, which is sufficient for very large prints that retain a great deal of detail (I’ve printed this at 6 feet wide).
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting, but at its best (and with the right eye) these buildings can be seen as sculptures in the landscape. I don’t always appreciate them, but they’re often more interesting than they first seem.
The Washington Hilton, completed 1965, was designed by architect William Tabler. It’s notable not only for its distinctive exterior, but also for the prominent events hosted there. The hotel is or has been home to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the National Prayer Breakfast, the Shmoocon conference, and the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, among many other things.
It has extensive back-of-house facilities and security features to accommodate high profile VIPs.