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Photographer’s Note

A typical scene from the wonderfull Greek island Symi.
Many houses there are twin houses (like here). Which means the left and right parts of the houses can have different owners.
And according to their buying power, one half can be renovated and kept perfectly, whereas the other half remains in a poor conditionÜ; like here.
But another reason is also the never ending fight between traditionalists and modernists; which is also one of the major reasons of that look.

Yunan adalarının en güzellerinden biri olan Symi'den tipik bir görüntü.
Bu adanın mimarisini oluşturan evlerin büyük çoğunluğu "ikiz" yapılardır. Yani binalar simetrik olup her iki tarafın farklı mal sahipleri olabilir.
Bu malsahiplerinin maddi imkanlarına göre de, evin bir yarısı çok bakımlı olabilirken, diğer yarısı oldukça bakımsız bir halde olabilir. Aynen buradaki gibi ! Ancak bu farklı görüntünün bir başka nedeni de, gelenkçilerle, modernistler arasındaki bitmeyen kavgadır da aynı zamanda.

papagolf21, atha2pan, azaf1, Cretense, saxo042, ymrk, TGULUMSER, bema, Buin, cagla, LamCam, dareco, satyakki has marked this note useful

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papagolf21 (56044) 2009-04-10 3:10

Bonjour, cher Mesut,
Avant et après ! La différence est colossale, l'ancien possède un certain charme, le moderne est très agréable et offre un aspect plus sympathique.
Une image réussie et intéressante.
Amitiés.
Philippe

atha2pan (3307) 2009-04-10 3:24

You captured the point, what a wonderful photo Mesut.
Have a nice we
Saki

azaf1 (15541) 2009-04-10 3:37

Good morning my dear friend Mesut

It's true those semidetached houses have traditionally been a cause of disagreement between owners. It's even worse when they belong to different political parties and they give different color, too :)

Have a good day and TFS
Argiris

Cretense (54954) 2009-04-10 5:13

Merhaba, dear Mesut!

Excellent architecture photo of a beautiful "split" house! Great framing and composition and fabulous colours. this happens sometimes when two brothers (for example) and one brother wants to keep the house the way it was, while the other wants to "modernize" it!

Warm regards,
Hercules

saxo042 (15188) 2009-04-10 7:29

Hi Mesut,
An interesting and, in a certain way, quite funny picture. But we never learn what´s behind the differences here, or who is the most happy owner. Probably a lot of money invested in the left half, but I see flowers and a green hedge at the right part...
Kind regards
Gunnar

ymrk (8383) 2009-04-10 9:11

Sevgili Hocam,
Hakikaten muhteşem bir mukayese...Galiba modernistlerle gelenekçilerin kavgası bitmeyecek de...Belki de insanoğlunun daha iyi şartlara nail olabilmesi için gerekli şey,bu tartışmalar!Fakat tartışırken de üretmek lazım,değl mi?
Toplum olarak,yapmamız gereken bir yığın işler var kesinlikle...Bu kavgalara şu sözle son vermek istiyorum...Modernizmden önce "medenizm" 'i öğrenmek--öğretmek lazım...:)
Selam ve sevgiler,mutlu haftalar...

Yağmur

Bu arada sağlık taraması nasıl geçti?Eskiyle yeni sağlık durumunuz arasında fark varmıdır? :)

TGULUMSER (12432) 2009-04-10 10:28

Mesut Agabey merhaba,
Ilginc bir yapilasma. Mukemmel bir kadrajla goruntulemissiniz,
Elinize saglik,
Iyi haftasonlari,
Tulay

bema (8491) 2009-04-10 11:04

Kali merhaba Mesut,

wonderful capture from this unique island, nice to to see the difference between the restaured side and the other one..

wish you a fine weekend, salam Bernd

carper (64194) 2009-04-10 11:23

very nice photo here Mesut,
good composition, fine contrast, good colors, very nice photo job, have a happy easter my friend.
regard jaap

Buin (36988) 2009-04-10 12:07

Hallo Mesut!
Toll! So etwas habe ich noch nicht gesehen! Der Kontrast ist wirklich atemberaubend. Obwohl ich ein "ordentlicher Deutscher" bin gefällt mir die rechte Hälfte besser! ;-))
sie hat mehr Charakter, mehr Individualität. Gut, dass es solche verschiedenen Ansichten gibt!
Grüße aus dem sonnig-warmen Siegen!
Frank

cagla (2064) 2009-04-10 12:30

Harika.. Nefis bir ayrıntıyı farketmişsiniz Mesut Bey. Zıtlık olduğu gibi ortada. Aslında her iki seçim de çok zevkli imiş, ortaya da böyle ilginç ve hoş bir görüntü çıkmış.Elinize sağlık.
Selamlar, saygılar.
Çağla.

LamCam (3603) 2009-04-10 13:24

Hello Mesut,
It will be interesting to see how long the house on the right remains unchanged. It is also interesting to see that the modernised house has lost some of the architectural details of the stone facade beside it.
A clear and colourful shot of the marvellous architecture of Symi - against that blue, blue sky!
Best wishes....Maggie

Morac (19992) 2009-04-10 14:04

Hello Mesut,

I like this duality
before - after
old - new,
color - black and white
rich - poor ....
Regards
Marc

dareco (17024) 2009-04-10 18:05

An interesting post, and something I have not seen before. This must cause some jealousy from the neighbors :) I always enjoy your subject choices. TFS

satyakki (310) 2009-04-14 5:25

Dear Mesut,
your photo and note, truely matches the spirit of TE. I never knew the reason of this half new half old thing until I read your comment. I thought its an construction work in progress.
Thanks for the education.
Cheers,
Satyakki