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Because she lived in a hospice operated by nuns whose piety forbade the presence of mirrors, she was visibly ecstatic when she noticed that I had a camera. We didn’t share a common language, but I understood from her gesturing to my lens, herself and the bindi I had painted on her forehead that morning that she wanted to see how she looked. As I held up the camera, she kept gesturing, closer, closer, closer. I stopped just short of her face, took the photo, and showed her. Her hands rose immediately to her face, and when she looked at me I was confused to see that tears had filled her eyes. She held up eight fingers, and I remembered from the record book: eight years she’d been living in Shantidan; eight years since she’d seen her own reflection.
Photographer: Aubrey Sitler
Location: Kolkata, India
28/11/07 : i wanted to do something fairly specific but i was feeling (and looking) too rubbish to do it any justice so i cobbled this together instead. ah well. at least i'm on the mend so hopefully all these ideas i've had will actually be able to happen fairly soon.
Finished my breakfast at Jeff's and was headed for the door, had taken my camera in with me as I didn't want to leave it in the car. They have one of those "grab the toy with the claw" machines and, once again, couldn't just walk by that much color. Didn't realize that it had a mirrored back until I got home and pulled up the shot.
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Reflections are alway interesting. This was one of the first shoots where I really messed around with the idea.
Ready Maid and the speed of light
Involved in a spacious, park-like green belt. In addition to the exterior seating of the dining facilities, additional chairs are available for the visitors as seats. The special thing about them: They can be freely positioned on the seaside and thus support its communicative character.
Ready Maid
The 6.9 meter high bronze sculpture "Ready Maid" marks the center of the square of the Viennese Symphonic. The sculpture by Gottfried Bechtold is a gleaming polished bronze cast of a forked tree trunk. Conversely, it is like a striding creature. "The self-reflection of the torso in the water surface becomes visible to the viewer as a constant reversal of one into the other. The tree becomes the Amazon, the Amazon the tree," says the artist.
By popular demand, the artist 2010/11 creates a miniature edition of the Ready Maid, photographed countless times, used as a logo and also playing in a James Bond movie. This 31 cm high mini edition was cast in an edition of each 99 signed and numbered specimens made of porcellin.
Ready Maid und die Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
Eingebunden in einen weitläufigen, parkähnlichen Grüngürtel. Neben der Außenbestuhlung der gastronomischen Einrichtungen stehen für die Besucherinnen und Besucher zusätzliche Stühle als Sitzgelegenheiten bereit. Das besondere an ihnen: Sie können auf dem Platz am See frei positioniert werden und unterstützen so seinen kommunikativen Charakter.
Ready Maid
Die 6,9 Meter hohe Bronzeskulptur „Ready Maid“ markiert das Zentrum des Platzes der Wiener Symphoniker. Die Plastik Gottfried Bechtolds ist ein glänzend polierter Bronzeabguss eines sich gabelnden Baumstamms. Umgekehrt aufgestellt gleicht er einem schreitenden Wesen. „Die Selbst-Spiegelung des Torsos in der Wasserfläche wird für den Betrachter als ständige Umkehr des einen in das andere sichtbar. Der Baum wird zur Amazone, die Amazone zum Baum“, meint der Künstler.
Auf vielfachen Wunsch erzeugt der Künstler 2010/11 eine Miniatur-Edition von der unzählige Male fotografierten, als Logo verwendeten und auch in einem James Bond-Film mitspielenden Ready Maid. Diese 31 cm hohe Mini-Edition wurde in einer Auflage von jeweils 99 signierten und nummerierten Exemplaren aus Porcellin gegossen.
How often does a person look at their reflection with an honest eye? It is easy to focus on the qualities that enhance our selfishness, to crop out the unwanted periphery. We blur the ugliness inherent in us, and present an image of flawless beauty that could only be developed in our own minds. Only when you look beyond the reflection, at the blemished soul with all of its glorious imperfections and beautiful faults, will you see a picture of honesty. Only when you embrace the truth of your own image, can you begin to create a portrait of unselfish beauty...