About Red Bricks, a photo from Slaskie, West

Photographer's Note

About Poland. Page Eight: Abort Red Bricks

Red bricks are so common in many, mostly industrial regions on Poland. Region around Katowice in particular. For years the red bricks settlements were a symbol of proletariat , traditional way of living, honour, reliability, honesty. Such people used to live there.
Another most common view is a woman looking through the window. Typical, poetic sight in the region.

jlynx, Paolo, tobourge, luisafonso, designsoul, sufi, KevRyan has marked this note useful

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brevbrev14 (140) 2006-10-18 3:33

Hi Jerzy, beautiful perspective!!i ike a lot this portrait and the texture of the brick!very well seen and done!
Ciao!
Have a nice day!

Valeria

entrelec (8328) 2006-10-18 3:33

exactly at the right place, this face, in this environment of bricks, glass and iron.
The only living subject in the frame. Great contrast.

Have a good day.

Joel

jasmis (58653) 2006-10-18 3:36

Cegły, to w istocie charakterystyczna cecha familoków, ale jeszcze bardziej ludzie wsparci na poduszkach ("poduszkowce" - jak ich nazywamy) wyglądający na świat.
PS. Mam pytanie "Abort" czy About"? bo o ile to pomyłka, to jest w tym jakaś ciekawa gra słów.

m_s_s (1691) 2006-10-18 3:37

Witaj Jerzy,
spoko fotka po raz kolejny. co mi sie podoba w twoich fotkach, to to, ze obiekty ktore fotografujesz nie patrza w obiektyw. przeciez wiedza, ze je fotografujesz...
fajna kompozycja i spoko kolory... szczegolnie te czerwone cegly...
mam pytanie: czy tytul nie powinien byc 'about' zamiast abort? przeciez masz sierie 'about'...?
pozdro

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-10-18 3:50

Hi J.

Excellent POV!!!! The bricks, as I notice there, are very typical in Poland. I like how the line breaks with the typical image of a building from the bottom

Well done!

Rgs, Oscar

Floydian (30970) 2006-10-18 4:00

Hi Jerzy,
What an eye striking composition, excellent pov you got here. With those deep red/brown colours from the brick wall you've created a perfect contrast to the woman in the window.
A very strong and powerfull image...really like it.
Regards, Henk

sebcz (2345) 2006-10-18 4:02

Witaj Jerzy!
Podoba mi się perspektywa tego zdjecia - z dolu. Budynek wydaje się byc niezlym wiezowcem. No i ta usmiechnięta kobieta :)
Pozdrawiam
Seb

jlynx (12647) 2006-10-18 4:13

Once women waited for their own men looking often by the window. Today wait to be for last perhaps the social allowance. Blackened bricks, dumb witnesses of following history of this place still last unchangeably. There change people and their situation.
The tradition dies under the pressure of the impossibility and the poor rubbish...
Very good, very hard picture and the excellent description.
Pozdrawiam,
J.

Paolo (41258) 2006-10-18 4:31

Hi Jerzy, i'm really surprised by how many red bricks houses there are in your beautiful country!
excellent shot, with a fantastic POV and the girl comin' out from the window...maybe thanks to your way to catch people and image!
great shot.
thanks, ciao

ninaL (21348) 2006-10-18 4:31

No, to jest genialne !!! Jak wszystkie twoje zdjecia, na ktorych sa cegly i ludzie. Pozdrawiam.

tobourge (971) 2006-10-18 4:36

Hello Jerzy,

Superb POV! The contrast with the dark building and the girl's face works perfectly.

Well done

Tony

jrj (34843) 2006-10-18 4:51

hi jerzy
Your about series is a good idea and with interesting variations. Like this one - top daily life entry in combination of the photo and notes. Interesting pov and crop - well disposed compo

faubry (35447) 2006-10-18 4:52

hello Jerzy, beautiful girl!!about red brik in France it's the same at the north a lot houses are built with red briks, verygood composition
have a good day
francine

luisafonso (862) 2006-10-18 5:40

I am a sucker for these red bricks... I already told you several times. That's the only thing I love about London and its Architecture. And my love for Poland has grow even more on this. Your compo here is just great. So dynamic. It has a pyramidal quality that I like very much. And that girl bathed with light really belongs there, doesn't she? It wouldn't be the same without her... Really nice this series of yours!

maki (0) 2006-10-18 5:52

Fajny POV, ciekawie te cegielki sie poukladaly i stworzyly fajne wzory. No i akcent ludzki bardzo fajnie sie tu komponuje. Bardzo to Polskie i bardzo Slaskie,
pozdrawiam,
maki

jinju (14265) 2006-10-18 5:58

Hey J.

Ive also fallen in love with this POV. Shot at a wide angle, it just looks amazing. The red bricks do the trick here of really framing her well. She has a pleasant face, and importantly, is caught unaware, looking off into the distance, in a day dream perhaps. The red environment is great, very Silesian, very strong.

P.S. check your email J, Im in.

mark88 (2) 2006-10-18 7:27

Wszystko już zostało napisane, mi też się podoba.
Pozdrawiam, Marek.

vagabondtravels (6511) 2006-10-18 20:23

Hi Jerzy

Good pov. Nice lines. Life in the blocks.
Well done.
Ben

designsoul (17843) 2006-10-18 20:49

Hello Jerzy! What a shot! Exquisite pov, showing everything so fully and clearly, including the touching embroidered curtains behind this lovely girl looking out of her building. I recognize these houses, from your winter Katowice shots, I recall they were also painted red, weren't they?
In any way, a truly great vantage point that gives a poignant mood and excellent graphic feel too,
tc,
sasa

Furachan (0) 2006-10-18 22:05

Man her face pops from thatw indow almost 3-D like, and again your total mastery of "bricks". I say it again for the umpteenth time but your are the great poet of Polish bricks, J. No one comes close for bringing out the subtle sadness and deep-lined history of these buildings. I was moved by your first shots just as I am by your latest.
You're the best, man.
-F (And YES, I deleted that non-descript snapshot from VN yesterday. Look, Jerzy - no great loss to anyone, ok?)

sufi (9588) 2006-10-19 3:55

Merhaba Jerzy, my friend...
Another wonderful point of view and perfect details... The perspective, the colors, the texture of the made of bricks wall and the light are also perfect...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

feather (51130) 2006-10-19 6:54

I love this close upward POV. It almost feels as if the building will fall on us. Of course the girl looking out of the window is a gem. Good work as usual
Kath

Burberry1 (6041) 2006-10-19 9:15

Witaj Jerzy:)))
Niesamowity, nietuzinkowy kadr...czysty i przyciagający uwagę.
Bardzo mi się podoba jak każe naszym oczom "piąć" się do góry.

Fajna notka,
pozdrawiam,

A g n i e s z k a

hajle (1087) 2006-10-21 4:05

no Jerzy, super fotka, a juz sie balem za obnizasz loty:> super kompozycja, ladny kadr i te cegly robia robote jak cholera, ze nie wspomne o minie modelki (jedyny mankament to ten niewielki wyziew "nieba" w lewym gornym rogu);
no to zdjecie to jest klasa najwyzsza - tak trzymaj!
pozdrawiam

Sławek

Angshu (56760) 2006-10-21 4:55

Hello Jerzy
Amazing POV..the wide angle effect is amazing with the tapring effect towards the top. The brick colours do help in bringing out the lady & the window strongly. Very very strong & innovative composition.
Regards
Angshu

KevRyan (22956) 2006-10-21 14:55

I think this would work equally well in B&W - a great composition/pov J - the way these bricks have aged against the freshness of her face is striking.

bw kev

Polonaise (5802) 2006-10-22 12:07

Bricks a' la sauté!
One of Jerzy Bucki 'spécialités de la maison!!
From now on if you ask someone: How do you perceive Silesia's region of Poland, the answer inevitably will be...
Brick houses !!!!
Red bricks, black bricks, dirty bricks...
Most wonderful bricks anywhere!
And they say the ancient Romans knew how to use the bricks...
What do they know?
j.

PS: To zdjecie jest 'gladkie', Jerzy.
Dlaczego to zdjecie jest 'gladkie'?
Gladkie sa cegly i gladka jest twarz dziewczyny.
Et tu Brute??

kryger (297) 2006-10-23 3:42

Arcyciekawe zdjęcie, rzeczywiście w prosty sposób ukazuje nastrój przemysłowych dzielnic. Wspaniały pomysł na zdjęcie i znakomicie zrealizowany!

recepyuksel (18640) 2006-10-24 6:15

Perfect and powerful angle, light is amazing, thank you, best wishes...ry

andreng (265) 2006-10-29 4:36

Jerzy
I browsed through your gallery and was impressed with your work especially those capturing the daily lives of people. So many of them are impressive in their own way and it was difficult for me to chose the first one for my first critique to your site. I decided on this one as it had a different POV from most of your other pics.

First a interesting note on the red bricks. We also 'used' to use red bricks here in our houses many years ago but now normally you see grey ones all plastered up and one do not get to appreciate the red ones anymore. You pic has shown how the bricks has weathered the natural elements and how it has aged gracefully.

A excellent touch to have the woman looking out the window. I wonder if you know her personally otherwise it was very kind of her for her contribution as I am sure she is aware that you are there. I wonder if she has long hair as this shot reminds me also of the fairy tale of Rapunzel with the long hair imprisoned in a castle by a wicket dwarf. :-) TFS Andre

Photo Information

Copyright: Jerzy Bucki (bantonbuju) (51815)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-28
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Exposure: f/4.8, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Doors and Windows, About - a trip around and about Poland, AA Your Favorites 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-10-18 3:23
Favorites: 1 [view]