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Photos: Stefan Randholm
Assistant: Pedro Rengifo
Video: Pablo Llaryora
Make-up: Miryam Cano
Model: Ana Belén Martín Martinez
Video “making of”: vimeo.com/107988419
Strobist: Elinchrom Quadra in Photek Softlighter above and in front of Ana. An SB900 with grid for the background, and another with a small STU in front and below the model. All fired with PW Flex.
The clock of Palazzo Pretorio on Piazza San Michele in the old town of the city of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Some background information:
The Palazzo Pretorio is located on Piazza San Michele at the corner of Via Pozzotorelli in the old town of Lucca. It’s one of the city’s most remarkable buildings from the Renaissance period. It was originally erected in 1390 as a court of justice. In 1494, the building was enlarged and also made the seat and place of residence of the Podestà, Lucca’s chief magistrate. In 1588, further extensions were planned by the architect Vincenzo Civitali. However, most of the work was executed under the direction of his son Nicolao.
The precious clock was attached to the building’s façade in the baroque period. It was restored recently and is still in operation. Since 1989, the Palazzo Pretorio functions as a civic office building and since 2016, it also houses the Lucca Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy. It is located on the Serchio, a fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. Lucca is the capital of the Province of Lucca. The city and Province of Pisa are situated just 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Lucca. With its almost 90,000 residents Lucca is as big as Pisa, but the city of Lucca is a bit overshadowed by its southern neighbour – unjustly, according to my opinion.
Lucca was first mentioned in a document by the Roman historian Livy in the 3rd century BC. He named it as the place where the Roman consul Sempronius retrenched in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. However, the settlement was already inhabited earlier by the Etruscans and most likely founded by the Ligurians, who called it Luk, meaning "marsh". Today’s city name Lucca originates from this word. Only in 180 BC, Lucca became a Roman colony. In 56 BC, at the Lucca Conference, Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus reaffirmed their political alliance known as the First Triumvirate.
In the 5th century, Lucca was plundered by Odoacer, the first Germanic king of Italy. From the 6th to the 8th century, the town was controlled by the Lombards, who made it the seat of a duke. From the 8th to the 10th century, Lucca was a centre of Jewish life. But only in the 11th century the town became really prosperous by the trade of silk. At that time it was the capital of the feudal margraviate of Tuscany, more or less independent but owing nominal allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1160, the city constituted itself an independent commune. For almost 500 years, Lucca remained an independent republic then. In the early 14th century, Lucca rivalled Florence. In 1325, the Luccan leader Castruccio Castracani defeated Florence's Guelphs in the battle of Altopascio. For this he was nominated duke of Lucca. His biography is Machiavelli's third famous book on political rule.
Political disturbances at the end of the 14th century caused many Luccan dyers and silk weavers to leave the town and flee to Venice, which granted them asylum and financial help. At that time Lucca was first occupied by the troops of Louis of Bavaria, then sold to the rich Genoese, Gherardino Spinola, then seized by John, King of Bohemia, then pawned to the Rossi family of Parma, then ceded by them to Mastino II della Scala of Verona, then sold to the Florentines, then surrendered to the Pisans and finally nominally liberated by the emperor Charles IV and governed by his vicar.
However, Lucca managed – at first as a democracy, and after 1628 as an oligarchy – to maintain its independence alongside of Venice and Genoa, and painted the word "Libertas" on its banner. Over the centuries Lucca had been the second largest Italian city state (after Venice) with a republican constitution to remain independent. But in 1805, it was conquered by Napoleon, who installed his sister Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi as "Princess of Lucca".
From 1815 to 1847, it was a Bourbon-Parma duchy. The only reigning dukes of Lucca were Maria Luisa of Spain, who hold control until 1824, and her son Charles II, Duke of Parma. In that year, Lucca lost independence and was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. As part of Tuscany, it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 and finally part of the Italian State in 1861.
Today, Lucca is a beautiful city with great historic buildings. As already mentioned, it is a bit overshadowed by the near city of Pisa and its cathedral with the leaning tower, but quite apart from that, Lucca’s city centre is even more striking than the one of Pisa. At least, that’s my opinion. I highly recommend everybody visiting Lucca and not ignoring it in favour of a trip to Pisa.
The Ferry Building clock tower is orange.
Embarcadero Center is orange.
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Hey guys, just new sculpture from me. It's one of the my favorite heroes 'Clockwerk', from Dota2. Made some changes from original model, cuz don't have "right" pieces. So check it out, hope you'll like it)
A Clockwork Man, from Doctor Who.
The hair is made out of Sculpey.
The clock work head thing is made out of a hot glue stick. The head and hair can be removed to reveal it.
The weapon is a cut Lego piece.
The cuffs and bottom of the coat are electrical tape.
This was painted by me.
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK - Nutcracker Themed Christmas decoration throughout the house. Every year there is a different theme, and there are many real Christmas trees throughout the house. It was very imaginative and very festive.
December 2016.
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July 12 parade, Belfast. His bowler hat and look reminds me of Malcolm McDowell in the film A Clockwork Orange.
a view of the promenade.....
thanks for looking...appreciated....best bigger....hope you have a Great Weekend
I took a few shots of this to get it just right, and wouldn't let anyone near my spot until I was sure I'd got it.
The wings are not intended to provide flight, but are actually antennae used for radio communication.
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A quick snap of the inner workings of a tired old pocket watch that I've been trying to restore - I've got it ticking again but that's about it! I love the grain the X10 produces at ISO 800 and above - soft and film-like.
EXPLORED! AUGUST 6TH!
Camera: Fujifilm X10
Lens: Fujinon Aspherical 7.1-28.4mm ƒ/2-2.8 @ 28.4mm + Raynox DCR-250 Macro Filter
Exif: ƒ/2.8 | ISO 800 @ 1/250th sec
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“Agora que já tinha usado outras faces, enxergado por outros olhos, como podia chamar um rosto de seu, ainda que se referisse ao que recebera ao nascer? Quando se Transformava novamente em si mesma, como poderia saber que não havia ocorrido alguma leve mudança nela própria, algo que a fazia uma pessoa diferente de quem era? Ou será que sua aparência fazia alguma diferença de fato? Seria o rosto nada além de uma máscara de carne, irrelevante no sentido de quem era verdadeiramente?”
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Tentei fazer algo diferente dessa vez. Fazia tempo que não brincava com efeitos no PS, e resolvi dar um toque a foto da Vic.
Eu gostei bastante até^^~
Ah eu to com menos animo de aparecer por aqui. Algumas coisas andaram acontecendo e meu animo foi pro beleleu.
Mas vamos continuando ate onde dá =D
The poster of a recent Launceston Players production of Anthony Burgess', "A Clockwork Orange". Its dystopian world was made most famous by Stanley Kubrick's 1971 movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T54uZPI4Z8A
As you can see here this production was by an all female cast. www.launcestonplayers.com/