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I segni della mancanza si segno: osservare, sentire, ricostruire l'immaginazione tramite l'Arte per dar forma a ciò che sfugge.
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The signs of the lack of sign: observe, feel, rebuild the imagination through art to give form to that which escapes.
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An experiment, not sure about it yet, or maybe its final form, but I wanted to post something because it had been too long
Shadow and Wall. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
The ephemeral shadow of a passing figure on a wall in Manhattan.
One evening in Manhattan, we were out for a walk along the Highline Park. As always, I was carrying a camera. (Yes, I think I drive my family crazy that way.) I’ve been there a number of times, and I’m usually intrigued by the buildings that line this park — their textures, their windows and rooftops, the glimpses of what goes on in them as the life of the park moves past. I think I was trying to think of a way to photograph the texture of this concrete wall when I came upon this bit of light coming across the walkway and casting shadows.
It is hard to recall too many more specifics of the scene, though I have a series of perhaps a half dozen or more photographs, made as various people moved through the lower part of the scene or, more accurately, their vague shadows moved through the scene. When people ask what sort of camera I carry to places like this, my answer is that it is usually a small camera equipped with small prime lenses. This photograph perhaps illustrates why that is. I can always have such a camera with me, I can use it quickly and without much fuss, and it even works in very low light.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Just after midday, the sun is overhead the engineer's house - creating a crazy interplay between light and shadow.
Kolmanskop
In 1908, Luderitz was plunged into diamond fever. The railway worker Zacharias Lewala had found a strangely sparkling stone in the sand which he showed his foreman August Stauch. Soon it was confirmed that it was indeed a diamond.
Although Stauch at first managed to keep the find a secret, soon people rushed into the Namib Desert hoping to make an easy fortune A diamond protection zone was proclaimed and claims were staked off. Within two years, the town Kolmanskop, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, had been established in the barren sandy desert.
When it got too difficult to find diamonds on the surface, some 30 kilometres south of Kolmanskop a new site named Elizabeth Bay was opened. Here the diamond production was done at a large industrial scale in huge factory plants. Many waggon loads of diamond-bearing sand and gravel had to be brought in to the recovery facilities. The material was then screened and washed in huge drums. The neccessary water was pumped up from the sea. About 1000 carats, that is around 200 grams, of raw diamonds were extracted daily. 10 tons of sand normally contain only 1 to 2 carat raw diamond.
Over 1000 kg of diamonds were extracted before World War I. However, the amount of gemstones greatly diminished after the war. Furthermore, considerably larger diamonds were found to the south near Oranjemund, causing Kolmanskop to become a ghost town, just like Elizabeth Bay a little later.
The Namib Desert between the B4 (Luederitz - Keetmanshoop) in the north and the Orange river mouth in the south still today is a diamond protection zone. It stretches parallel to the coast at a width of some 100 kilometres. It is exploited exclusively by the Namibian-South African mining company Namdeb, which mines diamonds on a large scale mainly in Oranjemund and in the vicinity of Elizabeth Bay. The plants are closed to the public. Only the ghost town of Kolmanskop – and with extra restrictions also Elizabeth Bay – can be visited.
Credit:
www.namibia-travel.net/travelguide/southern-namibia/kolma...
Strobist info:
1 Sb800 @full power bounced on 100cm umbrella (1m camera left)
1 Bowens Ringflash handheld (15cm camera left)
Sync with Pocketwizard
Long shadows of late afternoon light, a carpet of fallen leaves, the Cypress knees that jut up from the pooling water, all this makes for an autumnal scene that had me stop and try to capture the magic in the moment.
I took over 30 images, overlapping them with care, to try to have enough for input into my stitching program, AutopanoPro. I still am working on my technique with this method. I should have stood farther back and stayed rock solid as I swept the overlapping rows. I twisted my upper body a time or two, and that was enough to give me much more work to do in post processing than I usually need. It turned out fine, but not as fine as I would like.
The magic is in each moment. This spot is no longer as it appears here, and never again will be exactly the same. I'll try again, at this place, but it will be different, as will I be different.
of 2 dragon plants and an orchid.
I liked the look of this
the light is not actually direct sun light but is reflected ligt from another window
I honestly can't believe this is my last photo for my 52 week project. So crazy! Now that it's over I plan to focus more on my own personal conceptual pieces =]
The last theme I took a more personal approach to, even if it isn't a self portrait. I wanted to create a picture that represents the anxiety issues I have. The orignal concept was going to have regular hands reaching like they were trying to help, with the shadows being the knives, but when creating it something just didn't look right. I think simple is just better sometimes.
But yea the concept is all about the feeling of social anxiety and that everyone is out to get you or judge you in some way. Even if it's all in your head, the feeling is very real and just as damaging.
model: Mark
Standing in the bedroom with the sunlight streaming in through a gap in the curtains cast this shadow of me on the wall.
Shadows - Our Daily Challenge
156/366 pictures in 2020
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The passenger boat Juno takes a break at Forsviks lock on its way from Stockholm to Gothenburg along the Göta kanal
In one of our dining room windows we have a stained glass fish that hangs from a piece of driftwood.
"Shadows" Rufus Wainwright - 2001
Another self-portrait for my series of photos based on songs. Taken from Rufus Wainwright's second studio album "Poses". He really is one of the best songwriters of our generation, and an incredible singer with a very recognisable and unique voice.
I enjoyed a wonderful walk yesterday with Toronto Photo Walks in Hamilton (the Hammer). I joined the group after an absence of five months due to my shoulder surgery. Today I'm laying really low and babying the shoulder, lol. It was wonderful seeing everyone, a great turnout of a couple dozen of us. The weather for January the 12th was an incredible 13 C or 56 F!!!