Warehouse Fence

Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 19 November 2008 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.

Kansas City, Missouri
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Ah, I like the fence in this shot and how it angles across the building. This is a great image with wonderful layers: fence, structure, sky.

19 Nov 2008 5:18am

Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia

this is wonderful Grant. the lighting is very special. like that photo of the semi-trailer and the warehouse.

19 Nov 2008 5:31am

@Matt Sutton: thanks matt

Zygene from morlaix, France

Une lumière et architecture d’une autre époque.

19 Nov 2008 6:11am

RHYS from United Kingdom

That fence just says 'climb me and come over to investigate'. I'd be so tempted to go over (or under) and check the building out, it looks very intriguing. Did you? There is a lot of enticement in this image combined with restraint. Marvelous.

19 Nov 2008 6:37am

@RHYS: i would have loved to. but, despite the look of the place from this photo, it's not abandoned. to the left of what is in the frame were several workers. they seemed quite suspicious of me taking pictures even on the legal side of the fence!

cat from Tel Aviv, Israel

The blocked up windows in the building remind me of the "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" monkeys (I do hope that makes some sense :P) It's a very desolate image.

19 Nov 2008 7:34am

Bill from Belton, United States

Very interesting image. Love the play of dark and light.... the building versus the snow.... and the drive that leads me around the site.

19 Nov 2008 8:24am

@Bill: thanks bill. (now snow though. just gravel. this was just a couple weeks ago in kc).

Reiner from Brensbach, Germany

Looks like a prison rather than a warehouse. Definitely a cold and abandoned place. Again well spotted, great photo.

19 Nov 2008 12:30pm

@Reiner: thanks reiner. it feels even more that way in person - very unfriendly - lots of warning and keep out signs, security gate, etc.

daina from New York, United States

Where to begin? The woods you have let go completely dark and the windows are boarded up with a fence in front of the building. It is as if nothing gets in or out of the place and it is ominous in a sort of casual everyday way i.e. a dreary place one would pass without much thought. But there is this thin tentative, almost unnoticeable line coming from the building and reaching up to an unseen place high up. Oh those details you include...

19 Nov 2008 2:16pm

@daina: thanks for this and all your other comments daina. for me this is nearly the prototypical anonymous building. even after going there several times to try to get a photo, i have no idea what it is, or why it secured like this.

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

daina said everythink - very nice work

19 Nov 2008 3:39pm

Rachael from Heber Springs, United States

I'm sorry I can't write a commentary like some, but I do like this. I have to agree with Reiner. It has the feel of a prison. We have storage businesses like this too and I believe you've accomplished this look with your fine processing. A stunning result.

19 Nov 2008 3:53pm

@Rachael: thanks rachael. i can't comment worth a damn. it's always good to know people are looking :-)

Gary from Cochise County, United States

I reall don't know what I could add that has not been said. I like the image and the angles of the fence.
Like most of your images it has a solitary feel to it. Nice work.

19 Nov 2008 4:40pm

don from spokane, United States

A nice shot of this office-type building now made into a warehouse. I like the way you placed it in the frame. Nice one.

19 Nov 2008 5:51pm

@don: thanks don. to be honest, i really don't know what this building is. the signage is vague, the entrance is very secure. there are big trucks around...so i guessed.

JJ from Jersey City, United States

another wonderful capture love the layers, fence warehouse sky etc

19 Nov 2008 6:10pm

Shirin S. Moosavi from Tehran, Iran

The clouds look lovely in BW! Nice composition and frame altogether :)

19 Nov 2008 7:40pm

Paul from Netherlands

strong lines and atmosphere Grant!!

19 Nov 2008 9:14pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

There's a feeling like a curtain or something here. I usually try to avoid these fences but you've managed to make it work for you here.

19 Nov 2008 11:40pm

@Twelvebit: thanks. i hated that i couldn't get around it. i even tried standing on my car (with the suspicious workers really looking). in the end, i figured i'd just have to try to work it into the photo.

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

The windows bricked up, and yet it looks in good condition. Do you know what it used to be...?

20 Nov 2008 12:09am

@Observing: it still is something, and a well protected something. but i have no idea what.

Marcie from United States

Nice composition. Especially like the angle of the fence juxtaposed against the squareness of the structure. Love the monochromatic tones and processing.

20 Nov 2008 1:20am