Once a week—or every so often—I will display one of my photos captured and/or processed with Instagram over the last week. It’s a way for me to show photography that usually is quite different from my regular work. The pictures are displayed without any comments, hoping they will stand on their own. But I still very much appreciate any comments you may have.
Stunning work, Otto.
Thank you, Paula.
Well there’s an image for our times, Otto, objectively and metaphorically speaking. And quite apart from the ‘connectivity’ angle there is also the notion of ‘crossed wires’ – i.e. in the way we think about crucial issues and come to entirely the wrong conclusions; and all because the replicating multitude of ‘connections’ is confirming and re-confirming wrong-headedness and general rationality deficit. I think you struck a chord with me today 😉
I really appreciate your analysis and feedback on the photo. And of course, I am happy to read that it struck a chord with you. Thank you, Tish.
Tish, you have put this so succinctly!
Thank you, Sue.
I love all the lines in this, Otto! So much to look at.
Thanks a lot, Lois.
Where is Philippe Petit when we need him? He’d want to be very, very careful walking those wires!
Aha, that’s a good one. Maybe the wires aren’t high enough for him?
Oddly, I looked at this and looked again. A few times trying to figure out what it is. Each time I thought I saw something else. Then I read Tish’s comment and I guess now I know. I kind of liked it when I saw other things in there.
I always like photos that doesn’t give the view a single option for interpretation, so this was a lovely feedback to me. Thank you, Michelle.
Wow… What a tangled web we weave!
Indeed so.
Otto, the scene that reminds me of 1984. It’s eerie these above ground webs of technology moving across the landscape and reducing our visual pleasure.
Yes, I can see the association to 1984, but it becomes even more eerie when you look into something called technological determination. Hopefully this the photo not a sign that we are heading in that direction.
Now this is interesting, busy, and puzzling. I think I sort of know what it is. The lighting must have been really tricky. The lights on the lower parts of the columns look like hairs or spines.
This is a sub station, so the “hair” you see is insulation discs or whatever they are called. Thanks for the feedback, Linda,
Those insulation discs made for a really interesting photo.
I mean, how you captured those discs.
What a beautiful photo of an ugly topic! Masterful.
Yes, the beauty and the beast. 🙂
There are so many things to look at in this image. I think to myself it’s amazing what humans create — then I think maybe we create more than we should given our environmental concerns. Maybe we can invent our way out of those problems though? Maybe I’m having these thoughts because of the toned down mood of the photo?
Well, I had similar thought both when I captured the photo and processed it. Maybe what we are experiencing right now is the opportunity?
This is cool Otto, love the toning and texture.
Thank you for the feedback.
Cool, I love the complexity of this. like an elaborate etching, at first glance, on my phone, I thought it was inside a knitting mill of some sort. One of the subsidiary reactions, is that trapped feeling you get of being enmeshed in industrial structures. so, a very interesting shot!
I am glad to read you think so. Thank you, Robert.
oooooh , i would love the opportunity to take pics there, i love huge immovable electric robots!! lovely pic, Otto!! love love love… counts the loves 🙂
Thank you so much for a lovely comment. Love it. 🙂
hehe 🙂