There’s something almost theatrical about Bangalore Palace — a building that seems to have been conjured from an English fairy tale and set down, quite deliberately, in the heart of southern India. Built in 1878 and inspired by Windsor Castle, its stone turrets and battlements feel simultaneously grand and intimate, especially when viewed up close.
This shot, taken on an overcast April morning, strips away the colour and noise to focus on what makes the architecture so compelling: the tension between hard and soft, rough and refined. The ancient-looking crenellated tower looms above a sweeping curved veranda, its wrought iron columns and decorative railings filigree-fine against the pale sky. Ivy creeps along the base. The wire mesh catches the light just so.
In black and white, Bangalore Palace stops being a tourist landmark and becomes something older — a place out of time.
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Keith Tomlinson Photography 