It turns out that over the years I have amassed a sizable photo collection of doors, who knew! The doors are surprisingly very interesting and really reflect the countries in which I took them.
The post would be more aptly titled “anything you walk through”, considering the collection also includes lots of archways and gates. I cobbled this post together after I made the photo series Street Art from Around the World.
Hint – scroll over the photos to see which city and country in which they were taken.
A few favorites -
I love the photo of my friend Hali with her shock of blond hair in front of the dark wooden door in Scotland. I took this photo in Edinburgh just before we decided to summit the very wind-whipped and gorse-covered Arthur’s Seat.
Another favorite is of the French family I nanny for exiting the Hostalet de Vives, a traditional Catalan restaurant on the French-Spanish border. We were all smiles after enjoying a delicious meal of meatballs and green olives in gravy.
Which one is your favorite?
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Hi Ashley, I just discovered your site yesterday, and you’ve got a new fan! My favourite is Pere Lachaise. I’ve always been a big fan of wandering around on cemeteries.
You should visit Amsterdam sometime since you’re close already, great city. But it’s a little too cold now so I’d wait until springtime ;)
Thanks! I’m glad you like the doors post, I had a lot of fun making it. I was thinking of going to Holland for the tulip festival this spring, that would be beautiful.
I think doors/entryways give us great insight into the architecture (and by extension culture) of the area. They are usually the first thing you look at on a building, so it sets the tone for the rest of the architecture……or they’re just doors and I’m over analyzing lol
I really dig the Spanish doorways :)
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Haha no, I agree! I think it’s funny how when you scroll through the pictures you can immediately tell in which country the photos were taken… each place I’ve been has such a distinctive style of architecture so I think it’s really interesting as well :)
Thanks for sharing the link on my knockers post. I tend to avoid doors that are anything but the door and nearly always closed. I like that you have so much else going on. Also, good call on the arches.
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Thank you! I’m also posting a windows post soon to follow up so stay tuned :)