Showing posts with label sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sculpture. Show all posts

Monday, May 10, 2010

Gormley on Madison Square Park


Meanwhile, walking past Madison Square near the Hotel Chelsea, you notice this
And to be honest, either this picture was taken the day it was 'revealed' or these people are all tourists. New Yorkers did not seem to care that this famous British sculptor had decided to go global with flashing/exposing/exhibitionism.

On the whole, the sculptures that you could see at a distance on rooftops seemed the most profound, within the context of a city, they seem like non-passive potential jumpers and I guess that was a complaint of people here, as it brought out memories of Sept 11.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Image from Buenos Aires


This is a Holga photo I took in Buenos Aires, Recoleta cemetery. The place is full of all sorts pomp and circumstance, proclaiming the glory of blah blah blah.

Ideas of honour and sacrifice, it would be great if it was just about sculptures.

But sadly, it is about young people dying. I really felt this feeling staring at this monument to the glorious dead over here. The young face of this boy soldier was quite sad and quiet and unlike the people who were nearby laughing and trying to get pictures of Eva Peron's crypt.

I took this series of shots to have this young face flanked and penned in on all sides by this older soldier with a ceremonial helmet.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Creepy images of Toulouse





When you put this all together, they look like reference images for some outtake in a Stanley Kubrick film: creepy mannequin looking through a window, sculpture watching the viewer, a picasso image/minotaur/harlequin and the circus is coming to town.