Thursday, January 17, 2008
Abandoned
I still struggle with titles. Hey, I'm in pictures, not words :-) Another title for this one would have been "Where are they?". I don't know. In the end it came from the fact that this picture, to me, expressed the place's emptiness better than the large empty halls. Emptiness is a constant in all the pictures I took there, anyway.
Still not bored stiff? :-)
Title was changed after adopting Christina's suggestion. Thanks!
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Not bored stiff yet, but 'crop it' was my first reaction on seeing this one. The emptiness might have been better conveyed if there was less of it.
I don't think that this is "emptiness"; more like something to do with finality, decay or obsolescence. Given that the viewer is then constructing his/her own idea of the picture, the more that there is the better - so no crop for me! The lagged pipework seems to be important, as does the helmet and gungy carpet. But it is the overall layer upon layer of soot (coke?) that really connects it to the rest of the series.
The 3-D effect of the open cabinet door makes the picture and the tilt of the wall accentuates the fate of the whole site.
Not bored, Stephane. It doesn't really say "emptiness" to me, either, ("abandoned" is the word that came to mind) but that is only a title. The image is far from empty, with much to see and think about.
The top right section with the pipe really gets my attention.
I'll go with the new title, as it seems to me a better way to discribe what I see.
There is alot of decay and decline in this place. And someone just left their helmet and no one bothered to pick it up on the way out. Perhaps to the delight of a future achiologist who will try to figure out what went on here.
I also like the composition of the cabinent door swung open and just about touching the pictures top edge. Creates for me a little suspense, but yet, I can see what is inside and "the cubboard is bear".
For me, my titles are a part of the message. "Country Road" potrayed emptiness better than this image, so the revised title matches better.
I would have had to had a vertical in line with the axis of the image somewhere. That is not a criticism but an observation.
The power of this image is the unanswered questions it raises, which perhaps the series helps answer.
Why not "fallen" or "falling" as a title? The way that wall leans back in to the shot adds so much depth and a general unbalancedness(?). As a result, the door on the cupboard should not be in that position given that the hard hat looks about right. Very Escheresque, very enjoyable and well seen.
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The 3-D effect of the open cabinet door makes the picture and the tilt of the wall accentuates the fate of the whole site.
The top right section with the pipe really gets my attention.
There is alot of decay and decline in this place. And someone just left their helmet and no one bothered to pick it up on the way out. Perhaps to the delight of a future achiologist who will try to figure out what went on here.
I also like the composition of the cabinent door swung open and just about touching the pictures top edge. Creates for me a little suspense, but yet, I can see what is inside and "the cubboard is bear".
I would have had to had a vertical in line with the axis of the image somewhere. That is not a criticism but an observation.
The power of this image is the unanswered questions it raises, which perhaps the series helps answer.