Château de Chambord
Château de Chambord is a distinctive French renaissance castle built for King Francis I in the 16th century. It was originally designed to serve as a hunting lodge. The current custodians claim the architect was "probably" Leonardo DaVinci (who happened to live down the road for a bit) based on the fact that a few sketches of his contain a staircase not dissimilar to the one found in the château. Other sources claim the designer was actually Domenico da Cortona, an Italian architect brought to France by Charles VIII in 1495.
These photographs were taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the extraordinary Canon 35 mm f/1.4 L II USM .
About the photographer
Alex Nichol is an amateur photographer based in the UK dabbling with landscape, travel and documentary. Alex has shot with pretty much everything, from classic 35mm and medium format film cameras from Zenit, Leica, Hasselblad, Mamiya and Rolleiflex, to digital SLR and mirrorless systems from Leica, Sony, Canon, Panasonic and Olympus. He is currently shooting with the Fujifilm X System.
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