stephen.hirshon:
Ernest Hemingway’s room at the Pera Palace Hotel ( and mine, too), July 24, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkeywhich was built in 1892 and was the second building in the world to have an elevator. The first was the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
stephen.hirshon:
The Pera Palace Hotel, 1st floor, built 1892, Istanbul, Turkey, and photographed Thursday morning, July 25, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
Not Duchamp’s Nude Descending A Staircase; Here, Here, Art Between Staircases and the Second Elevator Built in the History of the World at the Pera Palace Hotel, July 24, 2024, Stephen Hirshon
stephen.hirshon:
Istanbul the Seductress Pays Homage to Matisse, The Balcony of my Room at the Pera Palace Hotel, July 25, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
The Dream, Interior Of The Pera Palace Hotel, Taxsim, İstanbul, 1893, photographed, July 25, 2024, Stephen Hirshon.
stephen.hirshon:
Sunset Taxsim with Hagia Sophia in the distance, Seen from the Ballroom of the Pera Palace Hotel, İstanbul, July 25, 2024, Stephen Hirshon.
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Can You Find Me?
stephen.hirshon:
See , There I AM … in the middle with a Chef’s Hat on cleverly given to me by one of the waiters😊
stephen.hirshon:
Self Portrait; Simultaneously Looking Down at My Camera Screen and Up at Elevator Shaft which Ascends Eight Flights at Pera Palace Hotel in Taksim, İstanbul , Turkey, July 26, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
Self Portrait, 2, Simultaneously Looking Down at My Camera Screen and Up at the elevator Shaft which Ascends Eight Flights at Pera Palace Hotel in Taksim, İstanbul , Turkey, July 26, 2024.
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Entrance Gate with a Triumphal Arch to the Dolma Bahçe Palace, Residence for the Ottoman Empire rulers until Atatürk, İstanbul Turkey, July 26, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
Sunset, Istanbul, seen from the third floor balcony of the Pierre Loti Room of Pera Palace Hotel, July 26, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
The shared Drama of Spanish Baroque art and Daily Life in Istanbul, July 27, 2024.
stephen.hirshon:
The Other Worldly Architecture of the blue light emitting domes above the Great Hall of the Pera Palace Hotel, İstanbul, July 28, 2024.