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This photograph was taken at dusk at Upper Seletar Reservoir.
Lower level and darker clouds nearer to the small jetty contrasted with brighter clouds illuminated by the setting sun, and these were reflected in the reservoir.
The small jetty and boats provided contextual and locational reference, with a lady standing near the jetty appreciating the contrasting clouds and colours.
This photograph of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Flyer and other landmarks was taken from Marina Barrage at dusk. The backlit glowing clouds, with silhouettes of the Singapore landmarks, are reflected in the Bay. The distinctive boat-like roof top of Marina Bay Sands and Singapore flyer provide contextual reference of the Bay.
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Buildings, Fallera, Sculpture (cut from all sides)
In Valencia, the Fallas season has started again Like shown here in 2018. The ninot sculpture-groups are being placed and every day there are fireworks.
The Fallera has pagan origins (celebrating the beginning of spring). Later, wood shavings became giant sculptures (ninots) and were used to portray the ’shame of the neighbourhood in the early years of the Fallera. They now portray ’the shame of the media’ - dignitaries, figures of authority and iconic symbols are ridiculed. Fairy tale characters and ones from the gaming world are used to contextualize. The end of the festival is the ‘crema’ - where the ninots are burned. It signifies the burning of memores or incidents that collectively must be forgotten.
The festival was banned during the Civil War. And it’s back in full force for decades now and is still satirical, sometimes sexist, and now also reflects global events and popular mass culture. Behind the production of the ninots are large community groups (every Valencian quarter has a few). After the placement and the arranging of the ninots (cranes are often involved) sometimes the last phase of production is handled on-site - the actual painting of the ninots.
This is number 38 of the Valencia! album.
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Buildings, Fallera, Ninots, People (uncut)
In Valencia, the Fallas season has started again Like shown here in 2018. The ninot sculpture-groups are being placed and every day there are fireworks.
The Fallera has pagan origins (celebrating the beginning of spring). Later, wood shavings became giant sculptures (ninots) and were used to portray the ’shame of the neighbourhood in the early years of the Fallera. They now portray ’the shame of the media’ - dignitaries and/or figures of authority are ridiculed. Fairy tale characters and ones from the gaming world are used to contextualize. The end of the festival is the ‘crema’ - where the ninots are burned. It signifies the burning of memories or incidents that collectively must be forgotten.
The festival was banned during the Civil War. And it’s back in full force for decades now and is still satirical, sometimes sexist, and now also reflects global events and popular mass culture. Behind the production of the ninots are large community groups (every Valencian quarter has a few - the two people in interaction, clad in grey and right in front of the sculpture group are members). After the placement and the arranging of the ninots (cranes are often involved) sometimes the last phase of production is handled on-site - the actual painting of the ninots.
This is number 37 of the Valencia! album.
Interesting building on the left is the Cherry Beach Lifeguard Station which was one of the sisters to the Leuty further along the beach. This one is no longer used but gives the beach a contextual beauty.
The Alcarria is a Spanish natural region located in the South Sub-region, which includes most of the center and south of the province of Guadalajara, the northwest of the province of Cuenca and the southeast of the province of Madrid.
Geographically it is formed by a tabular relief crowned by the structural surface of the limestone wasteland that is continuously cut from north to south by rivers and streams that form narrow glacis and loamy slopes and deep fertile valleys. This generates a geomorphology that produces a remarkable contrast between the holm oaks and the rain-fed agriculture of the páramo, and the small orchards, the olive groves and the aromatic herbs of the slopes and valleys.
Precisely, the abundance of aromatic plants such as rosemary, thyme, lavender or lavender make it possible beekeeping which results in the honey of the Alcarria. Other products given in the region are the Alcarreña lamb, the Alcarria oil and the Mondéjar and Sacedón and Arganda designation wines.
The anthropogenic landscape of the Alcarria has been the contextual framework of several famous literary works, among which the Journey to the Alcarria by Camilo José Cela stands out. (Source Wikipedia)
La Alcarria es una comarca natural española situada en la Submeseta Sur, que comprende la mayor parte del centro y sur de la provincia de Guadalajara, el noroeste de la provincia de Cuenca y el sureste de la provincia de Madrid.
Geográficamente está formada por un relieve tabular coronado por la superficie estructural del páramo calizo que se ve continuamente cortado de norte a sur por ríos y arroyos que forman angostos glacis y cuestas margosos y profundos valles fértiles. Esto genera una geomorfología que produce un notable contraste entre los encinares y la agricultura de secano del páramo, y las pequeñas huertas, los olivares y las hierbas aromáticas de las cuestas y valles.
Precisamente, la abundancia de plantas aromáticas como el romero, el tomillo, el espliego o lavanda hacen posible la apicultura de la que resulta la miel de la Alcarria. Otros productos dados en la comarca son el cordero de raza alcarreña, el aceite de la Alcarria y los vinos de denominación de origen de Mondéjar y Sacedón y Arganda.
El paisaje antropogenizado de la Alcarria ha sido marco contextual de varias obras literarias célebres, entre las que destaca fundamentalmente Viaje a la Alcarria de Camilo José Cela.(Fuente Wikipedia)
This photograph of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Flyer and other landmarks was taken from Marina Barrage. The flaming sunset, with silhouettes of Singapore landmarks, are reflected in the Bay. The distinctive boat-like roof top design of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore flyer and some high-rise buildings are seen to provide contextual reference.
A variation on a theme. A "palimpsest". A crop and manipulation of a section of "Incendiaries of the Decoys". An interesting alternate way of working first suggested by Catness Grace and Paul Ewing - that is, zooming in on a section of a piece and extracting that out of the main image and either leaving it extant or manipulating it further. I chose the second route.
The connection to "Incendiaries" is clear but the image has been sharply re-contextualized and 're-visioned'. After a series of dark and moody images I felt that a contrasting take would be a good tangent. Originally a series of disconnected 'straight shots' assembled in a collage. Now the piece is virtually abstract with only numbers and characters from a keyboard to connect it to any form of 'realism'. Much more 'flat' in nature than all of the work of 2021, "Shishaashuu" is contrasted against the rest of the year's imagery which really explored depth through a variety of formal techniques.
Colour: I rarely ever work in such high-key, pastel hues and muted greys, so again, the work does a complete 'about face' and marches shamelessly into a softer palette. "Don't usually like to go there? Then it's time to go there".
DOUBLE ZOOM for in-depth exploration.
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This photograph was taken yesterday at dusk after heavy downpour at Upper Seletar Reservoir. Some clouds presented interesting shapes and colours amidst the blue sky. These were reflected in the reservoir, with the small jetty and boats providing contextual and locational reference.
Best wishes for Easter Sunday.
Fondato nel 1932, il Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile è uno dei musei di carattere tecnico-scientifico più famosi al mondo. Contemporaneo e avveniristico, conserva una collezione tra le più rare e interessanti nel suo genere, con quasi 200 automobili originali di 80 diverse marche, ciascuna supportata da un sistema interattivo di approfondimento e contestualizzata da spettacolari scenografie.
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Founded in 1932, the National Automobile Museum is one of the most famous technical-scientific museums in the world. Contemporary and futuristic, it preserves a collection among the rarest and most interesting of its kind, with almost 200 original cars from 80 different brands, each supported by an interactive system of in-depth analysis and contextualized by spectacular scenographies.
This photograph was taken at dusk at Upper Seletar Reservoir. The small jetty and boats providing contextual and locational reference. Two ladies were enjoying the sunset and subsequent light changing conditions, with sunbeams illuminating the sky and reflected in the reservoir.
Despite having some bright early morning sun, this image is actually from mid-October: an accidental meeting while I prepared for camouflaged duck spotting. As with other images I post, there is some habitat making the image busier than it might ideally be. That is always a contextual decision for me: is the image about the bird, in this case, in the fullest sens (eg behaviour, or habitat).
While I work to edit images from Prince Edward County earlier this week (a challenging photography experience given the lack of sunlight in this part of the world for the last several days) I have also been trying to clean up some images that I haven’t had a chance to work on or post.
In a pure sense who isn't, but in a practical sense, nothing is farther from the truth, I've got support in excess, friends, allies, associates, human beings, family and on and on, real deal people and they are all outraged and answering the call never having even been asked. I alone was forced to throw myself onto the path, to be the victimi of this particular organized criminal operation, and truth be told, even if I wasn't so blessed with these beautiful human beings, ALONE I would still bring the fight, and ALONE I would still shut you scumbags down. I'm glad I'm not alone. Justice will be served, and you and the sleezy, subhuman cowards at the end of the day, will no longer menace or victimize the vulnerable or anyone else. The party is over for all of you.
The little bunting breeds across the taiga of the far north-east of Europe and northern Eurosiberia to the Russian Far East. It is migratory, wintering in the subtropics in northern India, southern China and the northern parts of south-east Asia.[3] The birds remain in their winter quarters for quite long; specimens were taken in Yunnan in late March.[5] It is a rare vagrant to western Europe (Wiki).
I had to go back again on 15/12, to see if I could get a shot in side view in decent light. The bird appeared twice on the slightly more distant perches, at the limit of effective range, but again once fairly briefly on the nearest hedge tree. Inevitably twiggy shots again; I'm not too keen on extensive contextual cleansing with Photoshop, but by cropping close and a bit of judicious cleaning I've removed some of the more intrusive out of focus twigs in Lightroom.
Thank you for your faves and comments
I gradually pay more attention to the foreground... as I realize how important it can be (although counter-intuitive) to STEP BACK from the main subject (like the river) to include a bit of contextual information in the foreground (like the grass).
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
A parent Eagle observing its surround, Behind a couple of large crows in flight looking for leftover fish scraps.
Separate conversation: I usually shoot closeups of eagles or fishing action of them. This year they have not been actively fishing so I decided to look at some more contextual shots.
The discussion is about the importance of context in nature images!
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Tribute to Ray Bradbury, who used his creative talent to give warning to the careless mankind who once again are putting the world to the edge of the total nuclear holocaust. But at the scale of the Universe it probably does not really matter at all. So, the poem by Sara Teasdale which Ray Bradbury used as a name for his short story "There will come soft rains", and one of the iconic animations of this Ray Bradbury dystopian novel (1984, English subtitles) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBVUlg3NUM come as a contextual reference for the photograph
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,
Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Image 57 in this series of the capturing of the BULB capture. Here it is of pretty Pemaquid, Maine in the late evening just after the sun set. The LCD screen is photoshopped in from the long exposure capture being taken at this time. This series allows the viewer to see conditions as they were during the shot, and then the resulting long exposure effect on the water and clouds.
This one I had to capture the capturing via tripod as well, as it was getting pretty dark and I did not want to open the aperture wider so at f/11 could get a nice contextual bokeh for the scene beyond the camera. Thus I was able to capture this at f/11 and ISO 100 for 13 seconds.
Other images in this series can be seen in The Album "If They Could See What We Can See"
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Finally recovering from the Nightscaper Conference last week. As always Royce Bair put together an awesome event. I was privileged enough to assist many of the speakers during the conference and host a round table. The round table was a discussion about photography Ethics. Photography ethics are the principles that guide how we take and share photographs. Photography ethics are subjective, contextual, and fluid, meaning every person's ethics will be different, because ethics are based on a person's life experiences and values. Although everyone will answer ethical questions in their own way and according to observed circumstances, there are some key ethical questions that are useful to consider. This is the incredible panel that I had for the round table.
Wayne Pinkston – Cofounder of LowLevelLighting.org
Mike Shaw – Award winning astrophotographer and author
Brad Goldpaint - 2018 Astronomy Photographer of the year
Bryony Richards – International Award-winning photographer
Jack Fusco - an early nighscape innovator who loves to keep it simple and as real as possible.
Again I can only say that it was such a privilege to host these incredible photographers. each of them were so professional and shared their passion for photography. They had some tough questions to answer and did so with the upmost respect for their passion. One of the questions asked is below. Unanimously the panel felt it important to not share the location. It is not so much to keep a secret as it is to protect the area. We all love to share our images but everyone agreed that photographers need to understand our responsibility to leave no trace.
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The term “social media influencer” has become a goal of many. It is not hard to find one. It is the account with thousands of followers that has a pretty photo posted from a stunning location. Some of these influencers have sponsors. They create post content that people like. Do some social media influencers cross the line?
Question:
Does social media help or hurt? Does it bring too much attention to a particular place?
I shot this image the night after the conference. I hope you enjoy it.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Have been facing my annual springtime dilemma with photography. My body and mind crave the warmth and increasing sunlight of early spring. All around me the landscape is alive with emerging blossoms and leaves. It just feels good to be alive after taking the proverbial off ramp from another long winter. But the nascent spring growth is blotting out the harsh landscape that forms the backdrop for the passionate side of my photography. My mind continues to visualize dreary scenes that cannot be realized until late autumn. It's a real conundrum. My art does not come to a halt now, but it does have to adapt. Portrait work comes into play now more than winter. For one thing it is less dependent on a a particular setting. Dolls also figure more prominently into the equation for me. It's not a matter of choose really, but one of opportunity. I simply have more access to dolls now by way of yard and garage sales.
I normally pose dolls as I would humans; fairly tight portrait shots tend to work the best. I avoid scene poses as they tend to look contrived. My intention here was simply to move the doll out of the intense sunlight. I happened to be near an old barn that was pitched in shade. I propped the doll against the foundation wall and snapped away. The dire visual effect did not become apparent until I saw the image on screen later. The doll gave the appearance of defiant resignation standing against the pockmarked concrete, as if facing a firing squad. In fact the divots actually resemble bullet impacts. The most compelling image of the session, totally unplanned, as I just wanted to find some shade.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Most people end up hiking The Subway from the bottom-up. However, we decided it would be more fun to try going top-down on one of the coldest days this winter. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the video of our ice swimming adventure:
I really liked having my friend Dustin LeFevre in the frame as it helps to contextualize this otherwordly place. It was totally worth the long day (13 hours) and the hike out in the dark.
Benedikt Tolar (CZ) is one of the prominent creators on the contemporary Czech art scene. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, known mainly as an object artist and sculptor.
In his work, he often recycles everyday items and transforms them into ready-made works of art with the help of contextual transformation. He likes to work with the motifs of absurdity and infantility, but he combines them in a sophisticated way with, for example, motifs of sacredness or nobility. Fragments of cars, animal monsters, bathtubs, satellites covered in varnish, chaotically mixing colors, monumental sculptures or spiritual symbols – all this creates a colorful synthesis of the author's imagination.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Contextualism ...
Kontextualisierung bedeutet allgemein, dass ein Vorstellungsinhalt, eine Sache, ein Wort oder eine Person in Beziehung zu anderen Inhalten gesetzt wird, die mit ihm in einem Zusammenhang gesehen werden.
Je nach der Einordnung des Inhalts und der Art des Zusammenhangs unterscheidet man verschiedene Theorien der Kontextualisierung.
Die Linguistik untersucht sprachliche Zusammenhänge, die Pädagogik lerntheoretische, die Philosophie erkenntnistheoretische Zusammenhänge.
Es handelt sich also um die interaktive Konstitution des relevanten Kontextes innerhalb eines Kommunikations- und Interpretationsprozesses.
Der Begriff wird insbesondere in der Sprachwissenschaft, der Kommunikationstheorie, der Philosophie und der Pädagogik angewendet, kommt aber auch in der Architektur vor (und jetzt auch in der Fotografie).
Der Kontextualismus erhebt die Kontextualisierung in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften zum Denkprinzip.
;-) ...
Max Ernst, Steinbock - Capricorn
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Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
timeline.
2004
The scar is a deeper level of reconstruction that fuses the new and the old, reconciling, coalescing them, without compromising either one in the name of some contextual form of unity. The scar is a mark of pride and of honor, both for what has been lost and what has been gained. It cannot be erased, except by the most cosmetic means. It cannot be elevated beyond what it is, a mutant tissue, the precursor of unpredictable regenerations. To accept the scar is to accept existence. Healing is not an illusory, cosmetic process, but something that -by articulating differences- both deeply divides and joins together.
Lebbeus Woods
Reeds and reflections in a stream.
A scene stripped of it's contextual details. Further reduced to a few of it's simplest, abstract, graphic elements - line, shape, alignment and contrast.
Olympus EM1 + Olympus 12-50mm.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
The round objects on the rocky shore look as if they had landed there accidentally, like scattered billiard balls. Pars Pro Toto consists of eight different-sized stone globes resembling the planets of our solar system. The natural stones come from the various continents of our Earth and also symbolize them. Typically for Kwade, the work plays with scale and signification, inviting us to contextualize our existence and problems in relation to the vast scale of the universe.
Helsinki Biennial in Vallisaari island
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.