Saturday, April 12, 2008
Home 2
Same idea. Other coast. More cars.
Permalink / posted by and copyright of Colin [auspiciousdragon.net] : 6:06 PM
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Where to look?
Two rear view mirrors, a windscreen, an interior and a side window, it is almost a panorama.
Was it too cold to get out of the car?! I'm glad Rex picked out the coherence bit - I'm not sure I would have made that out of it. The mirror is blocking that nice stone house! However, the curves are rather nicely caught. In ten years time there will be a beech hedge in the way. What is the car park serving?
John,
What is the car park serving?
The short answer is 'home'. The view out of the right door mirror would be my apartment block's door (or rather, more likely, the communal bins in front of it).
The nice stone house is now apartments too. In a previous life it was a hospital.
The mirrors, the snaking path, and the distortion from the windshield give this a lot of interesting forms, but I'm more interesting in the idea of this being home. Home is where you park your car? An interesting twist on an old saying.
Home is where you park your car? An interesting twist on an old saying.
Matt - the local taxation authorities are being a real pain about where my 'home' is (and where Christian lived in February). In the end it does seem to come down to where my car is parked.
On a completely different note - for folks from warm places...the yellow bin to the right of the mirror is a salt-grit bin. It was removed the day after I took the photo. This is the official end of winter. I'd never seen this street before without its adornment of yellow plastic bins. It took me some moments to work out what had changed when they had been taken away. I was aware of "something missing", but not what exactly.
This has a rather sinister feel about it - most likely as a result of cars in the rear view mirror rather than a picturesque landscape. That rear view mirror also dominates and breaks up proceedings. It foils the pleasing curve of the path round to the salt bin. There is a lot to like but this really does take a lot of getting used to. One to keep returning to methinks.
I've returned to this a few times now. I don't get anything sinister from it -- on the contrary, it feels quite "personal" in a way -- like I know something of what it is like to be there in your car "home". Maybe that is at least in part because all the views give a larger sense of the space. Almost 3D.
Christina,
Well I certainly meant nothing sinister, but then I don't think akikana meant sinister with his bling shot and I saw sinister there. What we each see in these photos is fascinating.
But, yes, my two 'home' photos were an exploration of the 3D space. In me trying to understand the two places I hoped to give some feeling of what it is like to be there.
The multi-faceted views made possible by the mirrors has fasinated me since I saw your first one about a year ago. Interesting how the two lines that appear in the middle of the photograph lead to a car in the mirror. Was that an implied construct that you were trying to achieve?
Doug,
Nothing that deliberate. The biggest challenge with these shots is to avoid getting the camera in the mirror. One area where live view or a digicam really makes a difference. After that it was all fairly instinctive. The most deliberate part was seeking to get both mirrors in shot.
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Two rear view mirrors, a windscreen, an interior and a side window, it is almost a panorama.
What is the car park serving?
The short answer is 'home'. The view out of the right door mirror would be my apartment block's door (or rather, more likely, the communal bins in front of it).
The nice stone house is now apartments too. In a previous life it was a hospital.
Matt - the local taxation authorities are being a real pain about where my 'home' is (and where Christian lived in February). In the end it does seem to come down to where my car is parked.
On a completely different note - for folks from warm places...the yellow bin to the right of the mirror is a salt-grit bin. It was removed the day after I took the photo. This is the official end of winter. I'd never seen this street before without its adornment of yellow plastic bins. It took me some moments to work out what had changed when they had been taken away. I was aware of "something missing", but not what exactly.
Well I certainly meant nothing sinister, but then I don't think akikana meant sinister with his bling shot and I saw sinister there. What we each see in these photos is fascinating.
But, yes, my two 'home' photos were an exploration of the 3D space. In me trying to understand the two places I hoped to give some feeling of what it is like to be there.
Nothing that deliberate. The biggest challenge with these shots is to avoid getting the camera in the mirror. One area where live view or a digicam really makes a difference. After that it was all fairly instinctive. The most deliberate part was seeking to get both mirrors in shot.