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120 second long exposure at The Calling by Mark Di Suervo. In the background is the Northwestern Mutual Tower in downtown Milwaukee, WI USA.
The Grade I Listed Gothic Revival Leeds Minster on Kirkgate in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Christians have worshiped in this area for well-over a thousand years. The earliest were probably a small group who settled beside a major crossing point on the River Aire in the 7thor 8thcentury.
By the 10th century they were wealthy enough to be able to erect at least five stone crosses, beautifully carved in styles known as Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian, and referring to the Anglo-Saxon and then Viking communities living here. In 1086 William the Conqueror commissioned a vast survey of all his lands in England which states that Leeds had a church with a priest, a manor and meadowland. This church was altered, added to and rebuilt over the medieval period as the village grew into a busy market town.
The town expanded westwards and two new churches were built, St John’s opened in 1634, and Holy Trinity in 1727. In common with many other Yorkshire churches, the Parish Church of St Peter served a vast parish, covering some 34 square miles and including several outlying villages and their land, such as Headingley and Farnley. Some of these had their own chapels, but St Peter’s remained the mother church.
By the 19th century, the church was large but dirty, cluttered and somewhat unsafe. The town had developed into a major industrial city, busy, smoky, smelly and very unhealthy. When a new Vicar of Leeds, Dr W F Hook, arrived in 1838 he soon realised that the building could not be adapted to his needs. He wanted to bring all the people, not just the wealthy few, into the church, and to offer worship to God in suitable surroundings. In his mind churches should be places of perfection where fine music enhanced dignified worship, surrounded by colour and good design. He told the architect, Robert Chantrell, to build a ‘grand’ building that would ‘hold as many people as possible’.
The church had over 1600 seats and was consecrated in 1841. Physically it has been little changed since then, and is now a Grade 1 listed Building. It became Leeds Minster in a ceremony on Sunday 2 September 2012, on the 171st anniversary of the consecration of the building.
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120 second long exposure at The Calling by Mark Di Suervo. I have a love / hate relationship with this piece, and so I consider it my nemesis.
JOEL 2
Blow the trumpet in Zion,
declare a holy fast,
call a sacred assembly.
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
Let the priests, who minister before the LORD,
weep between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their God?' "
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In memory of Neda Agha Soltan, killed on 20th June 2009.
Neda this is for you …
… for your family and friends …
… for the millions in the Iran and millions of mourners outside of your wonderful country who have cried for you!
We all saw you lying on a dusty street in Teheran … and we saw you dying … dying for freedom!
Neda, rest in peace!!! We will keep you in our mind and our hearts!!!
One day … one day … one day … the day will come ……………………
Remark: After posting this photo and the text to the group pool of "1001 nights" I got directly banned! According the admins of this group this photo is a political statement against the Iranian regime!
Yes, they got it right!!! It is a political statement .... and I would do it again and again ... for you Neda!
The Calling is a public artwork by American artist Mark di Suvero located in O'Donnell Park, which is on the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The artwork was made in 1981-82 from steel I-beams painted an orange-red color. It measures 40 feet in height, and it sits at the end of Wisconsin Avenue in front of the footbridge that leads to the Milwaukee Art Museum. di Suvero's artwork was commissioned by an anonymous donor. It stands tall at 40 feet and is made from steel I-beams, which the artist painted an orange-red color. The sculpture resembles a rising sun, and is colloquially called the Sunburst. It currently sits in O'Donnell Park, next to the Milwaukee County War Memorial building and in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum. When the piece was first commissioned, the Milwaukee Art Museum did not extend to its present location. The sculpture's backdrop consisted of the bluff and Lake Michigan. With the rising sun behind it, The Calling truly captured di Suvero's intent. Milwaukee's downtown lakefront had been a transportation hub since the 19th century. In 1968 the lakefront's railroad passenger depot was torn down. The site was developed into a parking lot and an urban park. In 1980 the Milwaukee Department of City Development decided to place a sculpture in this new urban park, and asked the Milwaukee Art Museum to select an artist to make the piece. The Milwaukee Art Museum chose Mark di Suvero, while an anonymous donor offered to fund the sculpture. Di Suvero's design for The Calling dated back to 1975 when he did some drawings for Emily and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. The sculpture was never built, but when the artist came to Milwaukee and visited the proposed site for his work, he knew that the strong verticals of The Calling were needed to complement the scale of the bluff and the lake. Since its proposal, The Calling has been fraught with controversy. Community members and politicians have had a problem with the cost, the use of industrial materials, the abstract design, the placement, and the donor's anonymity. Local politicians delayed the building of the sculpture while they debated the sculpture's design, even though the museum owned it. "Gerald Norland, Director of the Art Museum, led the fight for approval throughout most of 1981, presenting its case to eleven separate hearings. Finally, the museum received a favorable vote in the Common Council in January 1982." Di Suvero proceeded to create the sculpture in his New York City studio. Once it was complete, he disassembled The Calling, shipped it to Milwaukee, and directed the reassembly of the piece. It was dedicated in April 1982. A new controversy arose when the Milwaukee Art Museum's Santiago Calatrava-designed new wing opened in 2001. Dissenters advocated that The Calling be moved as it blocked their view of the new art museum. Di Suvero refused to move the sculpture, stating "If you don't want it, take it apart and ship it to me."When questioned whether the sculpture should be moved, Calatrava deferred to di Suvero. He told Milwaukee art critic Whitney Gould several times that he had designed the museum addition to relate to the placement of "The Calling." The sculpture and its placement continue to be a point of contention between art critics and community members alike.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calling_(di_Suvero)
The Calling is a public artwork by American artist Mark di Suvero located in O'Donnell Park, which is on the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The artwork was made in 1981-82 from steel I-beams painted an orange-red color. It measures 40 feet in height, and it sits at the end of Wisconsin Avenue in front of the footbridge that leads to the Milwaukee Art Museum. di Suvero's artwork was commissioned by an anonymous donor. It stands tall at 40 feet and is made from steel I-beams, which the artist painted an orange-red color. The sculpture resembles a rising sun, and is colloquially called the Sunburst. It currently sits in O'Donnell Park, next to the Milwaukee County War Memorial building and in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum. When the piece was first commissioned, the Milwaukee Art Museum did not extend to its present location. The sculpture's backdrop consisted of the bluff and Lake Michigan. With the rising sun behind it, The Calling truly captured di Suvero's intent. Milwaukee's downtown lakefront had been a transportation hub since the 19th century. In 1968 the lakefront's railroad passenger depot was torn down. The site was developed into a parking lot and an urban park. In 1980 the Milwaukee Department of City Development decided to place a sculpture in this new urban park, and asked the Milwaukee Art Museum to select an artist to make the piece. The Milwaukee Art Museum chose Mark di Suvero, while an anonymous donor offered to fund the sculpture. Di Suvero's design for The Calling dated back to 1975 when he did some drawings for Emily and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. The sculpture was never built, but when the artist came to Milwaukee and visited the proposed site for his work, he knew that the strong verticals of The Calling were needed to complement the scale of the bluff and the lake. Since its proposal, The Calling has been fraught with controversy. Community members and politicians have had a problem with the cost, the use of industrial materials, the abstract design, the placement, and the donor's anonymity. Local politicians delayed the building of the sculpture while they debated the sculpture's design, even though the museum owned it. "Gerald Norland, Director of the Art Museum, led the fight for approval throughout most of 1981, presenting its case to eleven separate hearings. Finally, the museum received a favorable vote in the Common Council in January 1982." Di Suvero proceeded to create the sculpture in his New York City studio. Once it was complete, he disassembled The Calling, shipped it to Milwaukee, and directed the reassembly of the piece. It was dedicated in April 1982. A new controversy arose when the Milwaukee Art Museum's Santiago Calatrava-designed new wing opened in 2001. Dissenters advocated that The Calling be moved as it blocked their view of the new art museum. Di Suvero refused to move the sculpture, stating "If you don't want it, take it apart and ship it to me."When questioned whether the sculpture should be moved, Calatrava deferred to di Suvero. He told Milwaukee art critic Whitney Gould several times that he had designed the museum addition to relate to the placement of "The Calling." The sculpture and its placement continue to be a point of contention between art critics and community members alike.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calling_(di_Suvero)
The Calling by Mark di Suvero in downtown Milwaukee.
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"The Calling", an orange steel structure by American sculptor Mark di Suvero, and the Milwaukee Art Museum's Quadracci Pavilion, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, in the background. This building placed at #59 of 150 on a list called "America's Favorite Architecture", as determined by surveys of members of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) and the public.
See other images of the Quadracci in my USA interiors and USA outdoors albums
Shooting info: RAW; handheld with remote shutter release, auto focus, master pixel size 14.6 (now 11.4 MP)
Processing: cropped along the sides, highlights & brightness adjusted in Aperture 3
GhostWorks Texture Competition #46
Also Created for Marcus Ranum Challenge #44
With thanks to...
Texture ~ Skeletal Mess
Model with thanks to Marcus Ranum
Background ~ Joes Sistah
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Created in PSE7 (on my laptop)....my Grandson thinks it sucks...lol :)
Collection of Lincoln Library, Springfield (Best of Show Award)
Medium - inks and gouache
This is one of my best memories of Uganda.
For an entire day, I excused myself from the group and went alone...just a translator and me. I got observe village life outside the context of ministry...got the opportunity to sit with people, talk with them about their lives, and ask questions about their trade and craft.
This young mother was captivating. To me, she represents the heavy load born by the tireless Ugandan women. They build the houses, gather the supplies, hand launder everything, carry the water, tend the gardens, cook the food and raise the children.
This is my tribute to them. They truly are the nurturers of Uganda's future.
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Not posed, not set up, a candid snapped at the Rekawka Festival ground, a Slavic medieval gathering in Krakow, Poland. This Liv Tyler lookalike beauty was setting up the cursed forest site (yes, that is a "severed head" in the bottom right corner), I had her in focus for a while, waiting for the optimal moment for snap. As one of her reenactor teammates asked her something, she turned around....and voilá.
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MoMa store - designed by Janne Kyttanen and for a mere $565 USD, this could be yours ;~))
Old creepy photo from the pine barrens. Found that mask thing at a fabric store during the previous Halloween season. I think you're supposed to paint it or something, cause it's cardboard, but I think it looks creepy as is.
I really should of ironed my bed sheet before this little adventure, but oh well.
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"The Calling" by Andy Scott stands in recognition of the State of Minnesota, its heritage and cultural diversity, and the importance and grandeur of its extraordinary natural beauty and resources." (Source: Text from the plaque at the location)
The sculpture was commissioned by the McGuire Family Foundation as the centerpiece of the University Sculpture Plaza at United Village. The sculpture plaza was built with funding from the State of Minnesota's Art & Cultural Heritage Fund and the Snelling- Midway Redevelopment, LLC.