Chromatic Decay Photo

Photographer’s Note

I spent a great day walking around the streets of Fener and Balat and came upon a house that was gutted. Largely captured here is the second floor rear interior wall. Exposure to the elements is helping to reveal layers of paint. In the bottom left hand corner is the top of a pile of debris. The entirety made me think of the works of Robert Rauschenberg.

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mesutilgim (37555) 2009-04-19 12:29

Hi Michael,
A capture worth of thousand words.
Not only wonderfull graphism but also a very important architectural technique of good old times, which does not exist any more.
İt was been called ; Bagdadi. Translated, the sytle from Baghdad. The walls was been covered first with thin wooden lathes. Which than had gotten a coverage of a mixture of gypsum, sisal fibers, water and eggwhite.
After being dried, the final coating was than a paint on chalk basis.
Here one can see, that the walls was been painted -once upon a time- blue, yellow and green !
The zickzacks shows us that there was a staircase climbing upwards !
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

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Morac (21113) 2009-04-19 12:32

Bonsoir Michael,
C'est le genre de photos que j'aime, celle là j'aurai aimé l'avoir faite.
Tout est parfait : les lignes, les couleurs : bravo !
Amicalement
Marc

gokanlam (6445) 2009-04-19 12:42

Hi Michael,
great detail from the place.. i love old structures and their orginal colors in the photos.. and your is well presented indeed..
best wishes,
ReLa

holmertz (10107) 2009-04-19 12:49

Hello Michael,
Decay is often sad, usually inevitable, and sometimes beautiful. You have found some strange beauty here and composed it well.
Regards,
Gert

Hunkar (4990) 2009-04-19 12:55

A good observation..
A colorful image..
Good composition..

isabela_sor (42727) 2009-04-19 12:57 [Comment]

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scalerman (25787) 2009-04-19 13:36

Michael: of course it's an impressive canvas - great eye for the saturated abstract here. congrats. c

cemsultan (4604) 2009-04-19 13:42

Hi Michael

Great POV and very nice details,I like colour and compo,well done

Regards
FATİH

zoomer (686) 2009-04-19 13:56

Hi,that is something I am always looking for too.Shows that beauty can be found everywhere.

ViktorVaughn (1517) 2009-04-20 6:05

Great shot Michael, you really captured the decrepit state of the building. But there are still bright colours in the green, blue and the yellow. Great textures on the wall, and door.

Regards,
David

ciakgiak (11582) 2009-04-25 11:51

Hello Michael,
The explanation of Mesut is very interesting.
You did a really great work here and the result is very attractive, the texture and the different colors of the wall created an incredible pictorial effect.
Also composition is perfect, very well done.
Have a great week end.
Warm regards
Giorgio

diafani (694) 2009-05-04 14:45

Very nice composition. Love the choice of square format in this case.

mauro61 (16620) 2009-06-22 14:35

ciao Michael,
stupenda immagine dove ogni singolo elemento presente diventa soggetto dello scatto.
Ottima la luce e le tinte ,il tutto supportato da una perfetta inquadratura, complimenti
maurizio