I made my first visit to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford today, after a long absence. I’d hoped to be able to train my camera towards the skies, testing the new model’s tracking abilities on aircraft in flight. Sadly the sky was full of white, puffy clouds but not planes. Instead I simply photographed what interested me and these two images were my favourites from the afternoon. They may not share a common colour palette but one thing they do have in common is their purpose - portals through which aircraft scale to head off into the skies. I’ve always loved the architecture of the old hangars at Duxford, but there was something irresistible about the way the light was catching these elegant wooden doors.
The metal doors to one of the more recent hangars are more industrial in nature, but their weatherbeaten metal was positively glowing in the sunshine and addition of a red tractor and yellow trailer made a colour combination I just couldn’t pass up!
Photos taken 29 March 2024
