Hello everyone,
Once again, thank you for your keen participation in “Challenge 7: Right Around That Corner”.
The purpose of this theme was to take a photo of a portion of an existing building corner in your town which partially hid an other architectural element; a landmark; a building of prominence and the like.
The selection for the winning entry developed around the theme stated above yet none of the participants’ photo interpretations fully incorporated the theme of adhering to architectural elements both as the corner and the partially viewable landmark; instead there was a preferance for interpreting the theme each to their liking.
And going by the presented work here are the results and the corrolated commentary.
The winning entry is by Olaf Ulrich.
In this work by the artist, the idea of a corner in the vertical sense as an element of an actual building is exhanged for the horizontal lush green of a hill which hid an actual architectural existence which we only partially see but which also is a strong enough symbol to have us draw the conclusion that there is a tower with a building right after the top of that hill which we’ll be able to see if we walk up there.
Approach: The artist chose a subtle and graphical approach which uses the basic colours as part of its description and clarity; the sky is blue, the roof shingles are red, the hill top is green. There’s nothing in the photo that distracts the viewer into thinking of anything else but the message: “There’s a shrine of sorts round that green hill, I know because I can see the tower”.
The photo is clear, the message is clear and easy to relate at first glance because we from personal experience know at least one green hill that partially hides a building we are closely familiar with around our own living places that when we’re approaching we only need to see the tip of its elements to cry out “we’re there! We’re home! We arrived!”.
Attention to detail and presentation:
It certainly would not be fair to let this pass by. Olaf, always designs and develops his concept and presentation with significant attention to details including his post-production cravings and maintanance of photo exposures. This is a strong sign of artist’s respect to personal work and to the viewer simultaniously.
Thank you for taking part Olaf and congratulations.
Always learning ...
Yildiz
...More about the other works will follow as time allows. Thanks all!
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