analog kansas
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Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 8 October 2008 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
Kansas City, Missouri
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
That little hole and crack in the road in front are like a stepping stone to the building behind.
8 Oct 2008 7:27am
Rachael from Heber Springs, United States
A person selling something should have the finest for their place of business. I see the contradiction in this photograph.
:-)
8 Oct 2008 12:29pm
Mindy from United States
Another winner! I particularly like how "Window" and "Materials" in the sign still need kerning. Or is that just the nattering typographer in me noticing that? Fun image. I wonder if I'd have cropped out much of the road below, though.
8 Oct 2008 3:08pm
@Mindy: i had no idea about 'kerning,' but enjoyed finding out. i'll never look at signs the same way. thanks mindy.
oh, and you might be right about the road. i'm a bit obsessed about the marks and tracks and rocks and stuff in roads. for good or bad, i tend to leave lots of road in my shots.
Alex Caballero from Barcelona, Spain
Excelente fotografia, muchas gracias por tu comentario, me gusta mucho tu photoblog...un saludo, seguimos en contacto
8 Oct 2008 3:36pm
@Alex Caballero: thanks as always alex
don from spokane, United States
A fine picture notable for its excellent black and white work. There is nothing (in my opinion) like the quality of film. I shoot only digital now, but miss the qualities of a processing my own and printing it! :-) Nice shot.
8 Oct 2008 3:57pm
@don: thanks don. i'm enjoying your photos. you've been out in kansas recently, i guess.
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
This sets a tone. Fabulous greyscale.
8 Oct 2008 4:18pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
beautiful light and shadows here mate -- and i love all the different ways the frame is divided by sharp and or soft lines. wonderful clarity and silver tones!!
8 Oct 2008 4:25pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
This is so like the Twilight Zone, and it's in KC? Excellent.
8 Oct 2008 6:03pm
@Howard F.: thanks howard. part of what i like about photographing around here is the variety - the new and old of rural, suburban, and urban america all within a fairly short distance.
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Excellent image, with plenty of interesting points to home in on. Your greytone is incredible.
8 Oct 2008 8:19pm
@Observing: thanks very much mike.
@TILALA: :-) thanks tilala
kerfendal from Paris, France
impression of hot place and loneliness, first class shot
8 Oct 2008 9:26pm
Polydactyle from Montréal, Canada
Excellent...and beautiful windows here!!! Nice compo again.
8 Oct 2008 11:12pm
@Twelvebit: exactly :)
daina from New York, United States
Wow - another wonderful shot - the emptiness is palpable. I don't read it as loneliness - just emptiness or silence. As Tiala said - the hole in the road is a great detail, as is the truck, the street sign etc. And then there are the shadows...
9 Oct 2008 12:42am
@daina: thanks very much daina
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
so there, it's decided. you should specialize in "hole in the road shots". best...jerry
9 Oct 2008 1:28am
@ordinaryimages: jerry, please don't pigeonhole me. i want to be free to explore skid marks, crumbling curbs, full-fledged pot holes - the whole kit and caboodle.
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Everything seems so dry and almost dusty. How is it you can make the frame seem so empty, when it obviously is not? Amazed.
9 Oct 2008 4:22am
Bill from Belton, United States
Every time I visit your blog I feel like "I would like to try to do that"! I certainly couldn't duplicate the quality and mystery of your work.... but it would be fun to work toward that goal!
9 Oct 2008 4:39am
@Bill: that's a really nice compliment. thanks bill.
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
Now I know: You are 70 years old. You began shooting with 5 as an unusual talented little human. And now you show us your fantastic images you took with the age of 12. We write the year 1950 in your images.
10 Oct 2008 4:18pm
@Lucca: sometimes i feel seventy! maybe the explanation is that everything here stopped in 1950?
taffer from sant boi de llobregat, Spain
every little and big component of the photo is masterfully positioned, this and many other images of yours are a visual puzzle that the eyes are delighted to explore and wander around to try to get surprised with new little things and details you didn't see before...
10 Oct 2008 10:23pm
@taffer: thanks again - i really appreciate it
