The Colors of Abandonment
Last month there was a program on television about what the world would be like if humans suddenly disappeared, how long would our manmade structures survive. How much time would elapse before they crumbled in to unrecognizable dust without us to maintain them?
This image of a derelict building brings that program to mind. The photographer has tried to capture the feeling of abandonment, of lost hopes and dreams. It’s not an easy subject to do, conveying feelings. I feel the use of the color against the drab hues of the structure helps to get the point across that this was once someone’s home or place of business, someone’s life.
I would like to suggest to the photo-artist that sometimes less is more. He may want to consider the removal of the bottom floor of the building with its red color and leave only the one colored window to stand in contrast with the rest of the low key structure.
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March 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Hi JL, I could not have described the feeling better; I like the cropping suggestion very much, it is better focused (in terms of attention), not meaning I dislike the original (which is not the true original, it has already been cropped from the original picture). The cropped version gives a different meaning, probably more intense, in the same context; it focuses more into the inner world of the building, the details of its rooms, more into a sense of individualistic drama. It is a great suggestion. My regards, Jorge.