"Yananyi Dreaming" Photo

Photographer’s Note

Qantas celebrates one of the world's oldest cultures and the latest in aviation technology with "Yananyi Dreaming", a painted Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Painting Specifications
Painted at Boeing's Seattle headquarters.
484.5 litres of paint was used.
2,000 man hours over six days to complete.
200 large plastic stencils, 7mm thick measuring 1.27m x 3m defined the overall design.
63 pieces of nylon stencil ranging in size from 0.5m x 1.5m to 1.25m x 5.6m created the more intricate designs.

"Yananyi" means going or travelling. In "Yananyi Dreaming" radiating pathways lead to the symbol of Uluru, depicted both as a physical form surrounded by Kurkara (desert oak trees), and as an abstract representation of concentric circles. Blue hills (Tali) rise from the desert landscape, and mala (Rufous Hair - Wallaby) tracks are imprinted on the sand. Lungkata (Blue tongued Lizard) basks in the hot sun in this fragile and ancient place. "Yananyi Dreaming" is the strong Uluru story.

Rene Kulitja describes her artistic works for "Yananyi Dreaming."
"This is my traditional place. I am a Pitjantjatjara woman. My pictures tell about the landscape, the animals and the plants of Uluru. We go hunting in the desert for tjala (honey ant) and lungkata (Blue-tongued Lizard). I am a traditional owner at Uluru. My husband, my kids and I - we love this country."

"Yananyi Dreaming" was welcomed to Australia with a special Inma ceremony performed by singers and dancers from Rene's Mutitjulu community in Uluru.

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PixelTerror, alvaraalto, jkneze, tty007, Fon, Pattyjy, xquiksilver99x, marcb, JayP, apazevedo, V3_Intruder, mortijo, sylvie, Scharan has marked this note useful

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alvaraalto (5353) 2005-02-18 10:15

With this airplane the air will not only be poluted but also coloured. This is also a way to spread culture all around the world.

weswang (18223) 2005-02-18 13:51

I saw an airplane like this and I did not get a chance to take a picture of it. You have done a good job to have it capture while it was on the runway. Your note story is very helpful.
Very cheerful colors.

kolesn (583) 2005-02-18 14:27

How about the uniform of its crew?

jkneze (506) 2005-02-18 14:49

Great shot Ian! Wierd but great plane and an admirable gesture from the airline company, not many of them do similar things. Well in a way I din't find it all that strange since I've seen through the years that all Aussies seem to have a certain awareness of your heritage.

PixelTerror (88585) 2005-02-19 4:59

Pukulpa Pitjama Anaguku Ngurakutu !
I wish I could have flyed with that one when visiting Australia, it's a very nice and colorfull representation of these fine aboriginal paintings, your nicely sharp photo transmits well the spirit, together with the excellent note.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

mark88 (5917) 2005-02-19 5:28 [Comment]

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Pattyjy (2180) 2005-02-19 10:07

J'ai déjà pris un avion de la Quantas. Il était aussi très barriolé, dans les tons bleus. Ils sont vraiment beaux ces avions. Bravo pour les couleurs. Amitié, Patty.

centurion (0) 2005-02-19 12:25

Very colourful and vivid. I think I have it seen in Alice.

xquiksilver99x (59) 2005-02-19 19:27

Ian, a very interesting plane you've captured here. It is very sharp and the colors are very crisp. Well done, its a great shot.
Thanks for sharing.
QANTAS!

marcb (589) 2005-02-20 11:31

Very nice, very sharp Ian (:-)). The vivid colours are great. I like your galery and that colored picture has captured my eye. Excellent job!
Best regards,
Marc

JayP (381) 2005-02-20 15:15

Where was this taken?

I've yet to see this aircraft but thanks to your note, I now know what to look for next time at KSA.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards
John P

Steft (5962) 2005-02-22 19:18

484.5 litres of paint was used?
2,000 man hours over six days to complete?

Wow! That must have been a big job. Thanks for showing this photo, because I have never seen something like this.

I wonder why all airplanes are grey or white. With those colours, they look much nicer.

Good shot!

Leonie (8647) 2005-02-24 10:35

Hello...hope I can take such plane some day to visit your country and its impressive nature... :-) Thanks for making me dream...;-)

Leonie

colinbrenchley (6135) 2005-02-27 9:38

Great subject to test colour rendition. Was it sponsored by Fuji!

apazevedo (5469) 2005-02-27 11:34

Excellent note, Ian; that so colourful plain is really unique, and you captured it very well. Well done!

mortijo (12693) 2005-03-13 4:42

I discovered this one looking at your gallery. Fantastic colors. Sharp and well framed. The note is great.

sylvie (1183) 2005-05-17 3:47

I took the same one between Adelaide and Alice Spring but I didn't take any picture and regret it, so thank you for sharing this beautiful one with such brillant colours, great capture Ian, and thanks you for the comments
Sylvie

DLM (6447) 2006-03-01 16:11

Awesome colour well done Ian.
TFS
Dave.

ngythanh (8504) 2006-05-28 17:03

Too good, both the picture and the itemized notes.
When you joinned TE last year, you said you were 62.
I found this beautiful photo a year later. Based on the colorful capture, I guess... you are 26 now. Aren't you?

;o)

When you became an artist, time stops.
That's it!

Thanh

bobticoune (898) 2007-04-15 18:01 [Comment]