Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Staromestske Namesti

Although German, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) worked in many different countries during his lifetime. The Holocaust was not the only reason for this (although he was Jewish), as he was in demand at many different universities before any danger was clear. In 1911-1914 he was a professor of physics at Universita Karlova in Prague (actually in its German-language division, as it is multilingual, the German division being called Karl-Ferdinand University). During that time, he socialized in this building with Franz Kafka, Max Brod, and Josef Fanta (the architect who designed Praha Hlavni Nadrazi). At least one legend was that he worked on his theory of relativity here, but I would expect that he worked on it virtually everywhere, being very immersed in his work. According to the historian Norman Davies, Einstein even got some of his ideas about the speed of light by riding on trams (although more so in Vienna than in Prague). Eventually, Einstein settled in the United States, teaching at Princeton, while also teaching at the Institute for Advanced Study (also located in Princeton, NJ).

As I was walking back from the Mala Strana, I thought the light had improved, so I took another shot of Tynsky Chram. I haven't decided which is better, as this one actually looks darker.

Swinging the Ikoflex (still on the tripod) over to my right, I got this shot right after the Tynsky Chram shot.

Immediately after getting back from Greece, I loaded up the Ikoflex, for the first time in a few years, with a roll of expired Pan F that I had. The results were fine, some of my better shots, actually, but I had trouble finding a lab that were willing to scan the negatives. In the end, I had prints made and scanned them, but I'm still looking for a proper scanner to have these done.

Then, I tried a different angle on the old town square before heading home.

This was a late-in-the-day shot that I got of the staromestske namesti, or old town square, with the setting sun on the buildings. Many of the smaller Czech cities have names for their old town squares, though, so if anyone knows if this one has a specific name, I'll update the title and captions.