analog kansas
For Rent
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 31 August 2009 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
Overland Park, Kansas
Rolleiflex
Tmax 100
rhys from Belgium
A sign of the times? Love the light catching the sign, like the last rays of hope.
31 Aug 2009 6:47am
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
I don't know why, but this made me smile ?? Anyway very nice image with a spare lean look.
31 Aug 2009 6:55am
@Dulcie: i'm glad to hear it. others found it sad, but i don't.
Alex from Barcelona, Spain
Soberbio DOF!!! Me gusta mucho esas tonalidades en blanco y negro que logras en tus fotografias.
Saludos.
31 Aug 2009 7:57am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Looks like a beautiful home. There are so many here that end up being rented because nobody can buy them. However, Arkansas' housing market hasn't been hit as badly as the rest of the country. Most are selling. Your capture is like a documentary shot.
31 Aug 2009 1:54pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
ooh -- this is classic GBE material!! :) i love the light spilling in on the right -- wonderful work Grant, wonderful!
31 Aug 2009 2:50pm
Don from spokane, United States
A fine shot of this nice looking house for rent. Someone will have a nice place to live. I like your viewpoint that gets the sign but leaves sufficient amounts of the house so we get a good understanding of the situation. Well done.
31 Aug 2009 3:11pm
daina from New York, United States
Because this image contains elements that can be linked to current events some interpret it as documentary or as a social commentary while others focus on the artistic elements and consider that component as incidental. Both are valid of course. I love the spindly “legs” of the sign and the beautiful side light on the grass.
31 Aug 2009 3:12pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
I love the light upon the sign, Grant. This is so much like the house I grew up in - it's uncanny.
31 Aug 2009 3:19pm
Fritsch from Berlin, Germany
"Tell 'em that the house is not for sale / We're still livin' here, how come nobody can tell / They're takin' all the furniture, movin' our things / Come on little honey, put your head on my knee" (Ryan Adams)
Damn, your beautiful light makes me crazy. It's great, so great! And I feel the grass under my feet & sweet sadness of leaving behind. Amazing picture! All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
31 Aug 2009 5:51pm
Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States
So much sadness and hope implied in this simple scene.
31 Aug 2009 8:29pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
I rent it! I look now for rent a house. Thank for the phone number :) Beautiful compo and b/w... again!
31 Aug 2009 9:21pm
Marcie from Newton, United States
So perfectly simple. Love the composition and clarity.
31 Aug 2009 9:34pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
I called and the rent is too high :)
Seems like rent and for sale signs are popping up everywhere in this down economy. Nice capture.
1 Sep 2009 12:39am
Lambspun from Madison, Maine, United States
Can't sell the house so they have to try and find a renter....who will ultimately slowly wreck the inside....sad but true....this is our new American real estate. Cool shot :)
1 Sep 2009 1:01am
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
You take a picture of any sign – and the picture looks like art. Unbelievable.
2 Sep 2009 8:54pm
michele from Canada
noooooo. you beat me there. i finally bought a changing bag, a developing tank and chemicals. last week i loaded my old Canon T70 with b/w C41 process film - shot it off and then threw it in the b/w chemicals just for fun. and came out with an image so much like this one. except the sign says "For Sale" instead of "For Rent". it was uncanny how similar some of the images were to some of yours and i've been debating about posting them.
5 Sep 2009 2:08am
@michele: i hope you do post them. i'd love to see them. i'm surprised the c41 came out in the b/w chemical at all. i guess it's like xpro'd b&w...
Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico
Redolent of the for sale signs so prevalent in many communities across America. Renting, the path many should of stuck to instead of waisting time and money on loans the banks tricked them into and perhaps they should never had yielded to --had they known better. Yet "owning" is the defining score of acomplishing the fleeting American dream.
I really like this image: so simple, yet so striking.
6 Sep 2009 9:02pm
dik from McAllen, United States
Low perspective with the planes angled, stepping into the composition is quite effective.
13 Sep 2009 12:48pm
