Man the Creator Photo

Photographer’s Note

Man's works can be a wonder to behold. To transform a block of stone into a mass of tissue, skin, veins,muscle...To capture what is beneath the skin and to hint at life itself through an impression of movement, poise, rest! What eye, heart, hand, understanding. Yet it is also Man that can close his eyes, heart and understanding and command his hands to commit the most cruel and destructive deeds.What a paradox we are.
No tripod, slight movement- but i decided to post the image after sharpening it and increasing contrast in order to show you this truncated but powerful work.

Dusklilly, phwall, bakes888, Gerrit has marked this note useful

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batalay (21213) 2008-10-09 17:03

Hello Klaudio,

I am happy to be one of the first to view this spectacular detail shot. The note is engaging, as always. Michelangelo, of course, saw the statue in the block of stone simply as something to be liberated, it was already there. When you look at this powerful back, possibly a depiction of Hercules, you can see how Michelangelo and some of his cohorts could have harbored that sentiment.

Warm regards,

Bulent

phwall (5705) 2008-10-09 17:34

Hi Klaudio,
Very impressive image, I'm glad you decided to post it.
The light playing across the back shows the detail of the muscle perfectly.
Superb capture.
Regards
Peter

eev99 (1198) 2008-10-09 18:15

Its a poetic gesture of a time well passed.. I like the raw nature of this shot.

Yves

oriolm (1142) 2008-10-10 0:05

that's art! beatiful detail of the work of genious

bakes888 (18353) 2008-10-10 0:28

Hi Klaudio. This piece looks to have had a hard life but still it amazes with a simple beauty and elegance. Well captured, you show the form well. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good weekend, Paul.

Gerrit (36313) 2008-10-10 4:16

Hi Klaudio,
impressive piece of art. Just because of its unfinished character and the stone where from the statue is rising.
regards, gerrit

kschanna (6) 2008-12-04 1:43

marx said...the reality which we move in, in which the delusional man moves in and creates such pieces which baffle the eye and sometimes, it hits the other senses. The metaphorical value of this shot is great. Man, the Creator of what satisfies the five senses of other men, exalted into glory, yet the glory itself is an illusion. beautiful light and capture.

Regards
Kamran