De-civilization Photo

Photographer’s Note

One of the most famous touristic places in Sicily, maybe one of the most famous in Italy if the temples valley in Agrigento, a great sign of a glorious past.

Here we see were the concordia temple is situated between the town and the sea.

The town is a forest of buildings usually with 10 floors or more, it's impressive to see the difference between what men made more than 20 centuries ago and what they are doing today, partially showed on the bottom left.

noborders, elmec, pablominto, Silvio1953, Jeppo, zmey has marked this note useful

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scroller (2881) 2007-11-30 1:19

Hi Gio,
A great view and a perfect spot to have a balcony and be possible to see the temple. I believe the photo is taken just before sunset or is it morning?
Hälsningar
/Stefan

Jeppo (11602) 2007-11-30 3:08

Ciao Giorgio,

che brutto contrasto...nel senso che un paesaggio storico e naturalistico di tale importanza non dovrebbe venire deturpato con quei casermoni

ciao
Silvio

Silvio1953 (40771) 2007-11-30 9:02

Eh si Giorgio bella differenza e non è che ci guadagnamo molto dal paragone con i greci di duemila anni fa, mah, bella foto e bell'argomento di dibattito, ciao Silvio

clio (22350) 2007-11-30 13:18

Ciao Giorgio,
Bella foto di opposizione... È vero che ad Agrigento, sul sito archeologico, la modernità è dovunque presente. Fa fare dei grosso sforzi per dimenticarlo (ciò che non è il caso a Segeste o a Selinunte per esempio).
Che testimonianze della storia ci presenti questa settimana!
Buona serrata
Diane

pablominto (39918) 2007-12-01 2:48

Hello Giorgio,
Clever inclusion of the balcony, providing a good perspective and fine feeling of depth!
Interesting view to the temple in a distance, well balanced composition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

elmec (12194) 2007-12-02 3:06

Hello Giorgio!
Interesting scene and very good perspective of this lonely house!
Good done!
Best regards!

dip (12408) 2007-12-02 3:11

Hi Giorgio,
interesting shot,I like the POV and the framing,
well seen and captured the architecture difference,
Greetings,
dimitris.

matteo97 (706) 2007-12-02 10:38

Giorgio,
le rovine antiche mi affascinano ,
ma che brutti questi palazzi moderni , hai fatto bene a far vedere lo scempio .
Matteo

noborders (14215) 2007-12-03 1:03

So, I see that they have been building heavily around the temple, when I used to work in that island in 1981, there was nothing around... Your note is very well written, I agree with you !
TFS,
Cath.

zmey (7242) 2007-12-05 11:08

interesting contrast between the harmony of the past and the present. of course, nowadays it's a bit crowdier than in the days of the ancients. i like the color accent of the blue door against the orange of the house and the temple. the overall scene seems a bit dark to me though.

TFS
kristaps