Photographer's Note
I am sure we all get that feeling sometimes: "this is probably not going to be one of my popular TE postings, but I like it" - and sometimes I have been proved wrong with some great responses to work I thought was more personal than universal.
I wish I knew the story behind the deflated balloons on the floor: Humberstone is a ghost town in the Atacama desert - which has acquired UNESCO World Heritage status and is enjoying a second boom in popularity as a day-tripping destination.
It originally grew around a nitrates mine when the fertilizer and armaments industry made the dry, desolate North of Chile a premier investment destination. With the invention of synthetic ammonia, the industry collapsed - with management moving on to jobs in other industrial sectors and the miners moving back in to poverty in a jobs-poor area of the world.
The balloons and door in the background work for me on a number of metaphorical levels, but feel free to add your own story behind this picture.
Longroute, worldcitizen, BluSimo, yeln, jafadabret, s_lush, Atousa, siolaw, yedirenk, delpeoples έχουν(ει) επιλέξει αυτή τη σημείωση ως χρήσιμη
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sabermonajati
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(11533) 2010-10-10 10:09
hi
what happend is back of door in dark space.amazing frame you shot.
regard
saber
Longroute
(19600) 2010-10-10 10:21
"this is probably not [going to be] one of my popular TE postings, but I like it" I can subscribe that sentence....
I think the photo talks by itself, for those who have ears to hear and eyes to see... in its simplicity and emptiness it speaks loudly and clear...
there may have been parties but surely not love and care.
Ciao,
Donato
Waylim
(25436) 2010-10-10 13:08
Hi Iain,
I know that feeling, how many times do we stand there and look at the mess that was left after the party is over. There is a little sense of sadness and solem mood after the event. This photo depict that atmosphere perfectly.
Althought I think I would have like to see the top of phot by itself, without all the deflated balloons and mess. That would give a whole new composition and atmosphere. and I think it would also be a really good photos. Because i like the look of the old door.
Way
BluSimo
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(9392) 2010-10-10 13:50
Ciao Iain
perhaps I am conditioned by the history that you have told us, or perhaps the symbols that you have used for your photo is not possible to misinterpret. or they have a universal sense. I believe that its title speaks it for everyone. and for me the door, every door, are always a symbol of passage and change between a situation and an other. this is a photo that uses the symbols very well, it puts them in row, it coordinate them, thus it creates a story. I like me a lot.
thanks for sharing
ciao
Simonetta
Ricx
(13495) 2010-10-10 15:09
Hi Iain, Your photo says it all- love the old door and the worn out floor- good colour with the baloons.. great photo . Rich
AKITA
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(15125) 2010-10-10 17:44
dear Iain,
maybe the habitant family had the most happy time there some or many years ago,
every ghost town have various great days surely, even it was very tiny town or big ancient city,
but now all are far away, it remains the abandoned symbol only,
we feel our very destiny on this view indeed,
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa
yeln
(11516) 2010-10-11 2:13
hi Iain
po vsaki zabavi je potrebno pospraviti. ko se veselimo ne razmiljamo, da je dobro če pazimo na red in čističo.
zanimiv POV in predstavitev.
lep dan, vojko
chris04stop
(6805) 2010-10-11 17:19
Iain...this is so a sad story. But I love your image. This is the story of the most part of the humanity. When the party is over. And the party is over so quickly!
Anna Paola
Cara
(2059) 2010-10-12 4:01
Hello,
Nice perspective here, the colored ballon parts on the foreground contrasting with the striped floor really give a good guide to the "backdoor".
Very Good, Regards,
Daniel
yso
(4146) 2010-10-13 10:17
Hi Lain,
I like the message hidden, go inside or not, I like the texture and soft color of the wall, very well seen !
Regards,
Yves
clic
(23760) 2010-10-14 13:42
Thanks Iain
By the low angle of sun and the mess, I can tell it was an overnight party in a clandestine bar raided by the police!!
I like funny posters!
Cheers.
Robert
ciakgiak
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(30) 2010-10-16 9:44
Ciao Iain,
fai bene a postare ciς che piace a te e non ciς che puς piacere o no agli altri.
Secondo il mio parere questo θ uno scatto molto bello ed elegante, composto con grande gusto e bravura. Un caro saluto.
Giorgio
jafadabret
(56501) 2010-10-18 22:34
Bonjour Iain,
J'aime beaucoup cette photo qui raconte une histoire. La fκte est finie, chacun est rentrι chez soi avec des souvenirs de joie et de lumiθre alors que sur les lieux il ne reste au sol que quelques ballons de baudruche dιgonflιs.
Amicalement
Jacques
speedymanu
(3701) 2010-10-18 22:40
Hi Lain
very evocative and sophisticated composition : the contrast between the washed out walls and the vivid colors of the balloons, the pattern of the wooden floor, the overall quiet refrained atmosphere.
Have a nice day
Emmanuel
s_lush
(16602) 2010-10-21 11:35
Hello Iain,
This is a very symbolic and aesthetic image indeed. As your note reads, this place seems to have much in common with the Chernobyl Zone in Ukraine. Very interesting idea, which was realized perfectly!
Best regards,
Sergiy
Atousa
(7131) 2010-10-25 8:20
Salam Iain,
My story: these balloons give life to the old house; something it seems to need.. missing happiness!
good work!
tfs
Best regards, Atousa
siolaw
(38294) 2010-10-29 23:34
Hi Iain
This ones has a strong atmosphere. The party remnats littered on the floor, in a ghost town... that all makes the imagination working!
Good idea
Laurent
jmdias
(102770) 2010-10-30 16:22
iain
yes, sometimes we love an image and it isn't so loved how we think they would deserve and sometimes we think that photo isn't special and it got lots of sucess.
Here I liked the way you framed the scenery, with the remainings of the party in a side and the open door in the other, there isn't personages here but we can feel the sense o movement. nice image
hugs
jorge
serp2000
(47063) 2010-11-18 10:21
Privet, Iain,
Thanks for visit to me.
I never seen your gallery, good photos. You wrote very interesting intro.
Fine conceptual composition. Excellent low POV, TFS!
Greetings from Russia!
Serghei
yedirenk
(11244) 2010-11-20 10:04
Hi dear Iain,
very simple but very impressive composition with eye catcher details and colours.good idea and original presentation.TFS
Greetings
Cevdet
delpeoples
(60326) 2010-11-28 1:07
Hi Iain, great title...as this taken from your position under the table after a hard night's partying? ;) Either way, it's a good POV and leaves me with a sense of nostalgia...and possibly regret, what do they call them, "post party blues"? Anyway, good work with the DOF and I like the differing textures of the walls and door. Half opened it leaves alot to the imagination. Great job, enjoy your Sunday, Lisa.
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(3298) - Genre: Τοποθεσίες
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- Date Taken: 2010-01-26
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- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Date Submitted: 2010-10-10 10:00
