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In the center with the gray body and brown head is a Pink-footed Goose hanging with a flock of Canada Geese. The Pink-footed Goose is far from home. It breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. Found in Bucks County PA. The pic was taken really far away and late in the day with bad light.
Handley Page H.P. 42, Samakh, Tiberias, Palestine (1935)
G-AAUD, production number 42/3, was named after the Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator, who explored the Atlantic coast of Africa in approx. 570 BC. Hanno first flew on 19 July 1931 and was later converted to a H.P.42(W) (Hannibal class). The aircraft was impressed into No. 271 Squadron RAF and was destroyed in a gale at Whitchurch Airport, Bristol when it was blown together with Heracles and damaged beyond repair on 19 March 1940. This aircraft was featured in the fifteen minute 1937 Strand Film Company documentary Air Outpost, landing at Al Mahatta in Sharjah, now in the United Arab Emirates.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service (1935)
Original picture:
www.loc.gov/resource/matpc.13677/
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2022
The question stands; why would this picture be different from a Real Estate advertisement?
Both would show a structure in an uncritical manner. The difference being -- a Real estate 'document' photo has an intent of use while a 'documentary' style New Topographics photo is a useless image. This is not semantics, but a purpose of use by the photographer at the time of making the image.
reference; Szarkowski.
Plus, "In a NT picture one cannot understand the structure without understanding the landscape and conversely."
Addendum: it is difficult for me to comprehend and subsequently digest the idea of ‘useless’ pictures being worthy of inclusion into the New Topographics genre. But I acquiesce to photography historians who are well adept in this field.
We travel.
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Happy Travel Thursday, everyone!
'Like I Was A Spectator' - Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno from ‘Apollo – Atmospheres & Soundtracks' youtu.be/aacHEVsFLF4?si=hi6-f3RNGMLP0HQR
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is a studio album by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Roger Eno. It was released on 29 July 1983 through EG Records. The music was originally written for a documentary film about the Apollo program, For All Mankind, though the film was not released until 1989.[3] The music was written and performed by the trio. (from Wikipedia)
Happy anniversary, Apollo!!
Documentary style vs. Document photo. Because it is a 'useless' image it falls into the 'documentary style' category of photography.
I present this picture to regain favor in the New Topographics community. Especially after the expressive subjectivity "stagecraft" of my previous two photos.
All function, no form, or at least none that has a bit of visual appeal. Some farmer has an innate feel for brutalist design, yet... see that latch? It's brilliant; releasing the bolt allows it to slide securely into place, reducing the chance that the gate will be left open. Oddly enough, the path beyond leads to one of the most beautiful and most photographed fishing huts in Connemara, Ireland...
Amsterdam's huge cruise ship port provides a dramatic setting for a lone individual crossing a light-filled space.
A young man inspects the engine of a finely-restored MG from the late 1950s, lacking only the correct factory-style steering wheel to be perfect in my eyes! Seen in Galway Ireland at the annual classic car meet.
From a short walk on a sunny Sunday morning at Ballehage Beach near Aarhus, Denmark - February 02, 2020.
China 2016
Gatekeepers at a park in rural China
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