Tuesday, December 7, 2010

my current obsession/


Back in California and happy to have just missed the snow that fell in Indianapolis last week. This week I will share the images I shot in Columbus, Indiana and the treasures of modern architecture there. But today I had to share this image. For some reason, this was the image I was thinking about the entire plane ride back. I shot it in Eero Saarinen's North Christian Church in Columbus - it was just a little side meeting room there. I keep staring at it trying to figure out why I like it so much. It is kind of perfect in its absolute genericness, but I think it is something more. Frankly, I'm still not sure what the obsession is all about. Any thoughts?
Posted by Leslie Williamson at 9:42 AM
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5 comments:

  1. AdamDecember 10, 2010 at 9:06 PM

    a) It's stunning.

    b) The room is overly formal with its absence of color and simple rectangles, yet that blackboard is full of emotion. It's an absence that stares back at you.

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  2. jennifer armstrong photographyDecember 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    hmm... maybe something to do with the absolute possibility of a blank chalkboard, wide-open & large, balanced to a small but demanding time piece. I find the chalkboard holds my attention while the clock somehow demands it.

    maybe tomorrow i'll see something different.

    fabulous shot.

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  3. Kari LønningJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    It's the simplicity. His Finnish minimal aesthetic ... maybe.

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  4. TaakeMarch 9, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    Amazing! And I agree with Adam:

    "that blackboard is full of emotion. It's an absence that stares back at you."

    I would replace "absence" with "silence", though.

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  5. UnknownMay 11, 2012 at 6:04 AM

    I Love this photograph. The Possibilities....I see endless possibilities!

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