Empty School

Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 11 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Kansas City, Missouri
Rolleiflex
Tmax 100

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Ooooh. I like this one. I think recently you've tried some different approaches, this time and another standing back some and including more background. I think it works well. In part, it makes the sense of the isolation (desolation?) even more powerful. Just a thought. But I really like this one.

11 Jan 2009 5:02am

@GJC: thanks gjc. i appreciate the comment.

Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia

An amazing sky Grant. A school? looks like a prison yard. I agree with GJC.... desolation

11 Jan 2009 5:57am

@Matt Sutton: when i was in elementary school i didn't think there was much difference between it and a prison...

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

Looks like the students were boarders. Nice treatment and good to catch a clean sky. best...jerry

11 Jan 2009 6:07am

Annie Viguié from Bordeaux, France

A very very beautiful light !!!!! I love

11 Jan 2009 6:22am

kerfendal from Paris, France

very nice pic, the sky is very rich in grey, a real atmosphere in this image, I like the choice of a large with these blacks stains of grass

11 Jan 2009 6:36am

zahai from Berlin, Germany

Beautiful atmosphere and light. There's something about abandoned buildings... well done.

11 Jan 2009 10:42am

@zahai: thanks zahai

Marcie from United States

Wonderful grey-tones. Love the light reflecting off the boarded-up building.

11 Jan 2009 12:02pm

Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States

An elegant view. I have to ask, does anyone actually LIVE around where you get these pictures??

11 Jan 2009 12:43pm

@Stovepipe: i'm honestly not sure sometimes.

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I especially love the light and sky in this.

11 Jan 2009 1:17pm

FMG from MADRID, Spain

great light .. the weather is bad ..
the picture is a bit sad. Melancholic.
regards

11 Jan 2009 1:24pm

@FMG: thanks for looking and commenting

Polydactyle from Montréal, Canada

Excellent shot. The light is perfect and you sky... Very nice!

11 Jan 2009 1:37pm

daina from United States

There something eerie about this scene and the light – the gray sky does not seem capable of producing the bright light that is shining on the boarded up windows. And the tower in the distance is reminiscent of a steeple. The sky and the light and the ambiguous mood are terrific in this image.

11 Jan 2009 4:15pm

Don Wiley from spokane, United States

I like the glow of the sunlight providing a nice highlight to the image. Nice one.

11 Jan 2009 4:23pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like the sky and the lighting on the building

11 Jan 2009 6:22pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

A very well done and highly dramatic capture of this sad, yet evocative scene.

11 Jan 2009 7:41pm

david from columbus, ohio, United States

that glow to the light is just stunning. brilliant!

11 Jan 2009 8:12pm

@david: thanks david!

Alex from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Un magnifico encuadre, seguido de un tratamiento algo tenebroso...el cual me encanta y le da mas fuerza a esta pedazo de foto, saludos compañero.

11 Jan 2009 8:36pm

@Alex: thanks alex!

Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States

Really lovely light in this one. I really like the dark foreground.

11 Jan 2009 9:39pm

martie from United States

Fantastic! Excellent lighting. It does make me feel alone - and so glad this was not my school! Makes you want to look over your shoulder. Excellent work.

12 Jan 2009 1:38am

@martie: thanks martie. and i know what you mean about the school.

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

I'll never understand why structures like this are left standing. Great saturation in this capture.

12 Jan 2009 2:01am

@sherri: thanks sherri. i think it's still being used, believe it or not. i meant "empty" only because it was a sunday.

dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States

Looks like an abandoned school with a "portable" classroom out front. The mood of the shot is heightened by the ominous clouds. Well captured.

12 Jan 2009 2:10am

michele from Canada

are you standing on something? the POV seems higher than standing level. i also like the standing back feeling in this one. makes the structure feel even more unapproachable.

12 Jan 2009 3:04am

@michele: no, just standing in the street. there is an odd, slight slope to the street. the church in the next day's photo is across the street from this school.