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A photography assignment... depict "emotions" without people
By the way, the more you drink the more optimistic you get. :P
'Tis a tad blurry because it took several tastes to get it to the right level. Oh crap, drank too much, oh crap, need to drink more... repeat several times. Lol.
Every driveway and sidewalk in the neighborhood has a pinwheel with a note this morning. Hope, Peace, Love. Thank you, mystery neighbors.
CC week 4 is Visual Weight & Balance
Ultimately, the pessimist may be right, but the oprimist has more fun. Something tells me this lone fuchsia blossom is a true optimist.
He was specifically referring to the state of the environment but honestly, after listening to every one else at Speaker's Corner, it resonated more as an all-encompassing statement.
The story behind the shot is here.
Shot with Nikon D700 and 105mm F2.8 Sigma © Craig Richardson 2012. All rights reserved.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns;
the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose - Khalil Gibran
If I wait here long enough the duck might get careless and paddle into range...
I keep hearing Prokofiev when I look at this picture.
Normally I am not the type to make impulse buys, but I like to see my addition of a Canon SX500 IS as a long-awaited impulse purchase. Hear me out on this one. Ever since I started learning about photography right before my sixteenth birthday, I wanted a camera with a long zoom lens. The opportunities were myriad even three years ago, but in the amount of time I've spent learning about photography on other cameras, the options became even more enticing. I knew about the camera when it came out and thought to myself, "It would probably be a good thing to have in my bag for when I'm out on trips". Seeing it in the store on markdown was just the catalyst that got it going.
I love this camera. Not only is it ergonomically correct, but its image quality is reminiscent of my first Canon that I borrowed from my parents for a summer. Its ability to zoom is remarkable to me, since I've never really been able to carry around a megazoom camera for a few days. It opens a lot of previously closed doors, so I can see myself using this camera (in conjunction with my J1, P310, and D3000) a lot more for the rest of this project. :)
New York celebrates the power and the optimism of Wall Street with a statue of a charging bull in the Financial District of Manhattan. Milan, on the other hand, is a bit more disillusioned about the merits of the financial world.
At the very centre of Piazza Affari, the square in Milan where the Italian stock exchange has its headquarters, is a marble statue depicting a hand with only its middle finger standing up. If you look closely, you’ll see that the other fingers are not flexed, but they look as if they were cut off. The impression is the same nevertheless: an unambiguous “fuck you” to the world of bankers and CEOs.
The statue bears the title of L.O.V.E., which stands for Liberta, Odio, Vendetta, Eternita (Freedom, Hate, Vengeance, Eternity) and was created in 2010 by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, known for his provocative works. The statue was supposed to stay in Piazza Affari for just a couple of weeks, but the city government decided to keep it there indefinitely.
Cattelan never commented on the meaning of the statue, but most people assume it refers to the economic crisis that affected Europe – and Italy in particular – from 2008 onwards. Some people noticed that, if it weren’t for the severed fingers, the statue would show the infamous fascist salutation, and this can be interpreted as a political statement. It also suits the fact that the Italian stock exchange is based in Palazzo Mezzanotte, a fascist-era building.
Piazza Affari is in the business district of Milan, which is definitely not a tourist destination, yet people keep making a detour to see and giggle at the statue. Some of them – even families with children – pose while flipping the bird at the camera, bringing a little bit of edginess to their tour of the city.
- Atlas Obscura
Possibly they were both eventually extracted when this surface part of the tramway was closed and replaced by a tunnel.
7-Nov-10 - 0036c : Sydney, Australia - 'From Optimism to Hope'
This is a view of 2010 Sculpture By the Sea Exhibit #40 : - 'From Optimism to Hope' by artist Andrew Rogers. The official guide book quotes the artist as stating his sculpture is 'A group of organic pulsing forms reflecting the will to interpret and render the abstract essences of being.'
Taken at Mark's Park midway between Bondi Beach and Tamarama Bay.
Number 15 Recreation Grove, Holbeck Leeds. For sale at £50,000 even though on the other side of the street the houses are boarded up awaiting demolition.
Part of my Regeneration Collection www.flickr.com/photos/meerstone/collections/7215762355958...