Vintage 1950s Wellington Evening Stair Rail View of Harbor and City Lights in in Wellington, New Zealand

Vintage 1950s Wellington Evening Stair Rail View of Harbor and City Lights

by Judy Baldwin

A candid street photograph from the 1950s shows a woman in a tailored wool coat ascending a steep public staircase in Wellington during the golden hour. The warm evening light glints off the ornate iron stair rail that curves alongside the path, guiding toward the distant harbor where ferries are silhouetted against the fading sky. Below, the city streets begin to glow with early streetlamps, reflecting off the wet pavement. The woman pauses briefly to adjust her hat, her posture relaxed yet purposeful. The textured brickwork of a nearby terrace house, at the base of the image in the hilly urban landscape of New Zealand's capital without relying on signage.

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Vintage 1950s Evening Stair Wellington New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand in honeyed evening Vintage 1950s City Lights Vintage
Camera Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 Mark II*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 Mark II photos, grab one online.
Focal Length 1mm
Aperture f/1.8
Shutter Speed 1/8000
ISO 3200
Film processed in Luminar
Location in Wellington, New Zealand
Date 2016-05-09
Credit VEETER
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