Belkin Gallery

UBC has a multitude of buildings in a plethora of styles.

The Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery is probably my favourite.

University of B.C.

Architect: Peter Cardew, 1995

Loop

The UBC loop was quiet on this summer evening.

With students back on campus this scene will be considerably more lively.

Long House

I don't get out to UBC too often. 

On this evening I wandered over to the Museum Of Anthropology.

If we didn't know better we might imagine this was a scene from a remote location up the coast.

Morris Minor Convertible

Seen on the Labour Day weekend on W.16th and S.W. Marine Dr.

Making The Best Of It

Last night I took the bus out to UBC, an hour round trip.

For a couple of months I'd been intending to get a shot of one particular building at night.

Well the building was fenced off and clearly under renovation so I took a picture of the next best thing, 

a parkade.

Recycling

If I post this image in BW maybe no one will notice that I've posted it before.

If I get away with this I'll have enough images (with quick trip to Lightroom) to do me for a year.

Belkin Gallery, UBC

Mortar Boards

The day I went to photograph the Museum of Anthropology I was surprised to find it was graduation time at UBC. 

These kids must have been waiting their turn to go into the auditorium to receive their diplomas. 

Far be it from me to tell Starbucks how to run their business. But with a captive crowd of university grads about to enter the workforce I think they should have had a recruiter somewhere on the premises. 

Arthur Erickson 1924-2009

Arthur Erickson died yesterday. The announcement prompted me to photograph one of his Vancouver buildings. So I trekked out to UBC with the idea of photographing the Museum of Anthropology. I could have picked a closer example and maybe even got a better image. 

The museum has been undergoing renovations for quite some time and they are ongoing. According to the website an extensive upgrade of the building envelope (it leaked) is complete. Judging from the dirt in this shot there wasn't enough money left over for a good cleaning. 

Erickson's buildings are often distinguished by their masses of concrete. Some are also famous for leaking.

Booming Grounds

The tide is out in this shot. This is the view to the west from a viewpoint in Pacific Spirit Park next to UBC. Log booms are tied here after travelling down the coast. Eventually they will make their way to mills along the Fraser River. 

Looking across the Strait of Georgia to the horizon, although it's not clear, is Vancovuer Island about where the city of Nanaimo is. 

Botany

I messed around with the macro on my camera on a trail in Pacific Spirit Park. I haven't got a clue what this is, for all I know it's a weed.

Totem

It's not much of a trick to find totem poles around Vancouver. This one is at UBC.

Gallery Detail

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is on the UBC campus. I've been on the campus lots of times. I knew the gallery was there because I've heard about it. But if I ever set eyes on it before I've blanked it.

It's a neat building. I'd like to see the chute or scupper or whatever you call it, in a rainstorm. That would be this Saturday.

Architect: Peter Cardew Architects

Completed: 1995