Photographer's Note
Rotterdam.
Clodo commentava ieri una mia foto chiedendosi se avessi lasciato il sito, visto che le mie pubblicazioni sono sempre piu' rare... purtroppo a volte nella vita ci sono situazioni che prendono il sopravvento e si trascinano dietro tutto il resto. ricordo che quando ho fatto questa foto ho pensato alla mia vita attuale - una lunga serie di cose da fare, una lista infinita di impegni e decisioni da spuntare, come i quadratini di un prestampato o di un questionario...
la fortuna ha voluto che quel giorno a Rotterdam il sole splendesse alto e che l'edificio in questione fosse bianco come la neve - la conversione in b/n ha alterato ben poco dell'originale (la striscia nera e' il lato in ombra dell'edificio). la macchia in basso a dx e' l'ombra di una gru di un cantiere vicino - l'ho lasciata altrimenti nessuno avrebbe creduto che la foto non fosse manipolata :)
Rotterdam.
Clodo was wondering if I had left TE, considering that I have been publishing less and less these past months.
I haven't left the site but sometimes there are moments (loooong stretches, in my case...) in which daily life turns into a series of deadlines, tasks, appointments... I remember seeing this building and thinking "what an apt metaphor for my current life" - it looked like a gigantic "to-do" list, an endless list of check-boxes to tick off, and I was only too lucky that the building was white and the sun was shining, turning the windows into black rectangles...
the b/w conversion didn't really manipulate the original image, as a matter of fact the shadow you see in the bottom right corner is the shadow of a crane from an opposite building site - I left it intentionally, lest the administrators think I "constructed" the image in PP.
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Bartleby
(12741) 2012-10-29 3:56
Hi again Cristina,
I couldn't have put it more clearly myself. This is exactly how I've been feeling lately. And I also haven't been very active. I'm on holidays right now and I'm gonna try and get that camera out again...can't wait...Anyway, back to your picture, this is nice...with such a scene, I wonder if it would work in a square format (one more box to tick? ;-))or with a tilted angle...
Philippe
holmertz
(26932) 2012-10-29 9:26
Hello Cristina,
Considering what's on your mind when you watch this photo you could probably make your eyes and brain see it in several various ways. I am quite happy to see it as a building, tomorrow maybe something else. I like the little shadow and the dark line along the right side.
Kind regards,
Gert
rbassin
(11121) 2012-10-29 13:15
bonsoir Cristina
Une très belle photo, le N%B est un bon choix pour ce style et renforce le graphisme.
Bonne soirée
Roland
Suppiluliuma
(3843) 2012-10-30 4:43
Dear Cristina,
It first looked like a "trompe l'oeil" for me, but I must confess a "to do list" is much more creative. :-)
The black stripe on the right adds another dimension & reality to the image although my first reaction was against it.
TFS.
Ciao.
Erdem
willperrett
(2955) 2012-11-02 15:09
Hello Cristina
They don't get much more abstract, minimalist and graphic than this! I love it, and as usual, your note is informative and interesting. I'm only sorry to hear that you feel this is a metaphor for your current life: you can be jealous if you like, as I've retired and have spent the last month delivering a yacht from Greece to Italy. Now that's really hard work...
Regards
Will
BennyV
(12767) 2012-11-04 4:05
So many boxes to tick...a great note, Cristina.
And talking about boxes, I was preparing a class this morning & thought about including your 'thinking out of the box' shot, eventually I didn't, maybe I should have, maybe I will, after all.
The picture itself with its sharp contrasts reminded me of expressionist woodcuts, also with a retro-kind of science-fiction feeling to it (which I absolutely love). The future seemed better in the past.
Now break out and wander like that bit of shade in the right bottom corner of the image...
Stay fine.
Benny
Photo Information
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Copyright: cristina pacciarella (papera)
(13760) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 2011-04-09
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Nikon D80, AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED
- Exposure: f/11, 1/800 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): exercices de style [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2012-10-29 3:20
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