analog kansas
Santa Fe Towers Snow
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 14 February 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Overland Park, Kansas
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100
Howard F. from United States
Signs of human existence AND a well-kept, modern structure!!! This is a rare photograph from you ;) Good shot.
14 Feb 2009 7:52am
@Howard F.: that's true - thanks howard!
Nilla from Continent: Europe, Sweden
The foreground with the picnic table makes the whole picture! And also the outlines of the bricks under the snow.
14 Feb 2009 8:42am
DIDIER SIBOURG from Chalon-sur-Saône (Bourgogne), France
I like this photo with a good geometry.Bravo.
14 Feb 2009 10:13am
TILALA from Bordeaux, France
Tu te rapproches de la civilisation ! Je vois même des voitures....
14 Feb 2009 10:53am
@GJC: hah! i just made a similar comment to one of your photos!
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Nicely framed, Grant and neat composition. Perfect in mono
14 Feb 2009 1:59pm
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
You know, if it wasn't for the picnic bench, this block of flats would look just like England.
It looks so silent and lonely - as if everyone is inside, keeping warm.
14 Feb 2009 2:15pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
warm and snuggy inside. best...jerry
14 Feb 2009 5:35pm
daina from New York, United States
The regimented anonymity of it all and even snow does not lend it any beauty - just makes it colder looking. Dreary and somehow hopeless. But an excellent expressive photo.
14 Feb 2009 6:40pm
@daina: thanks daina. i agree about the look of this place. it's a short walk from my house, and i have very mixed feelings about it. it looks like a minimum security prison to me most of the time, but it adds lots of interesting people to the neighborhood.
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
You can definitely draw a comparison between the bricks of the sidewalk and the windows of the building. These two elements - at different angles - run my eye right through all the elements of the shot.
14 Feb 2009 8:35pm
@lisa v: thanks lisa!
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
Incredible detail in the ground and trees. well done
14 Feb 2009 10:41pm
Polydactyle from Canada
Very nice compo. I like the graphic repetition with the building and the ground.
15 Feb 2009 1:42am
shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway
love the way you show things straight on, very well done
15 Feb 2009 7:08pm
Denis from Sitting on the edge of my blackhole, Eritrea
Impressive picture. These buildings look so sad....
15 Feb 2009 9:00pm
michele from Canada
second time back to look at this one. it's really strong and has a cold but very appealing eastern European feeling to me.
17 Feb 2009 10:43pm
@michele: it's very strange to me that you would say that. this building is unlike any other in town. and, it has many eastern european elderly people living in it. thanks for the return visit and comment.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
To me, this has a very old Eastern Bloc look to it.
18 Feb 2009 12:04am
@Twelvebit: that seems a common theme. of course kansas is the most european of the states...
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Excellent shot! Such an all-alone feeling, so quite and just a wee bit creepy.
19 Feb 2009 4:27am
