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Post by minoltaman on Sept 6, 2007 10:31:05 GMT -5
Storm King Arts Center, Mountainville, NY (40+ miles north of NYC) Minolta X700, Kodak Gold 100 film. Alexander Calder, "Five Swords" (with his work "Gui" in background)  Mark di Suvero, "Chonk On"  David Smith "Volton XX"  Deborah Masters, "Tomahsi"  |
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Post by Randy on Sept 6, 2007 22:21:55 GMT -5
That's different. Your pics even make that stuff look good.
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Post by minoltaman on Sept 7, 2007 10:08:12 GMT -5
Thank you Randy, I appreciate it! It is an unusual museum with unusual works of art, but the landscape up there is beautiful.
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Post by Peter S. on Sept 12, 2007 17:21:06 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors, if You don't mind I will post a short series of sculptures done by my favourite satirical sculptor. The first one is located in the habour of Constance. It shows a female figure ;-) carrying a small pope on one and a small emperor on the other hand. But see yourself...  this is a more complete view:  The statue refers to the Coucil of Constance (1414-1418), i.e. the one where Czech reformer Jan Hus had been burned (so much for the charity - no word of excuse from Catholic church up to today, which gives me a bad pain as being a member :-( ). There are reports, that Constance had about 7.500 inhabitants in the 15th century. And during the council there were 3.500 clerics and about 3.000 prostitutes (apparently all having their income). This should clarify the notion of the statue. At first the local powers tried to abolish it, but it is not on public estate. No need to say that by today it is a tourist attraction, :-P and guaranteed to stay. The statue is on a rotating base, taking 3 minutes for one round. So one just needs to wait for the right moment triggering the camera which provides a good perspective. Very convenient. Details could be found in the German Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperia_%28Skulptur%29) - sorry no English translation available. The photo had been taken on a evening (4 p.m.) in a mild light. I used a 135mm telephoto. (plus a 2x converter for the detail). Hope You like it! Best regards Peter PS: as being an amateur photographer I tried my best to supply You a better pic than the one found in the wikipedia :-) . |
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Post by Peter S. on Sept 12, 2007 17:22:56 GMT -5
PS: the name of the sculptor is Peter Lenk (a local artist), and the scupture acts as habour light. Hence the strange top construction.
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Post by Rachel on Sept 13, 2007 2:57:33 GMT -5
What a great statue Peter.
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Post by Reiska on Sept 13, 2007 4:39:36 GMT -5
Behind a humor is a moralistic story. Peter, Jan Hus said "O Sancta simplicitas / O Holy simplicity" when the old agitated woman brought branches to the bonfire. These were the words of forgiveness. The bitch didn't knew what she was doing. "The aim will sanctify the method" is too true also to day  |
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Post by minoltaman on Sept 13, 2007 9:55:19 GMT -5
Peters, wonderful photos!! I'd love to see more from you and others relating to this theme.
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Post by PeterW on Sept 13, 2007 11:02:14 GMT -5
Lovely statue, Peter, and well photographed. Also, the lady who modelled for it had quite a statuesque figure  . PeterW |
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Post by Reiska on Sept 13, 2007 12:33:30 GMT -5
My hometown Harja-valta translates "Brush-power", who knows why. Perhaps because both leaders, the mayor and the chairman of the city government are females ;D. Big one is at the traffic circle in the middle of the town but I have this on the chimney-piece.  |
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Post by PeterW on Sept 13, 2007 13:47:01 GMT -5
What a lovely litle figure, Reijo, and so full of movement! He's about to give that Superia one almightly wallop!
PeterW.
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 13, 2007 4:25:55 GMT -5
This is the second work of Peter Lenk I would like to present here. He called it "Triumphal Arch". It is about car driving, and it is located in the middle of the busiest road of Constance. I still don't got a good overview picture, but I got quite a few good details...  As You see it all starts from the very begining of life...  this creature is looking to a lady, I will show later... Best regards Peter |
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Post by sctaber on Sept 29, 2008 19:33:59 GMT -5
This is a Keersarge Stone Boat found in Keersarge Michigan in the U.P. and was shot with my AE-1 using 80-200mm lens and ISO400 film  |
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Post by John Parry on Sept 30, 2008 16:08:05 GMT -5
Scot
Must have caused a sensation when the archaeologists found that one !!
Regards - John
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Post by sctaber on Sept 30, 2008 20:00:34 GMT -5
Hey John, the story I was told was that these boats were made during WWII as a means of confusing Natzi Intel. by placing these stone boats where they woud be seen. I don't know if this is true or not but they are kind of cool.
Scot
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