Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Superficial affluence - # 08/288

Photo from a country currently at war. I could add a few other things but that'll do for now.

Posted by Chuckeroon at 17:55

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9 comments:

  1. Julie16 December, 2008 19:40

    A devastating combination of image and text, 'roon. Christmas throws me into a pink-funk, too - with its artificiality and its absolute need to skate over the top of everything!

    However, your image is brilliant. There are so many different types of lights in the picture, and the depth of the field you had to encompass ...

    I really appreciate the directness of your text.

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  2. tony.unwin16 December, 2008 22:22

    great pic... shame you had to go to Kingston to see community seasonal lights... sadly missing from Richmond in any serious fashion

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  3. Chuckeroon16 December, 2008 22:59

    Too true, Tony. Richmond seems to have gone "uber-minimalist" - or can we call it something else? Notwithstanding my msge here, the Richmond "no-show" is disappointing.

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  4. Jane Hards Photography17 December, 2008 01:19

    Hard hitting text but unfortunately so true. I know Kingston well from my partner's University Days. The concept of war will fall upon deaf ears so long as there are pretty lights to view.

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  5. Virginia17 December, 2008 02:39

    Your text is food for thought as always. May we all have hope for a better world in this coming year.
    V

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  6. Anonymous17 December, 2008 06:47

    All dressed up and nowhere to go . . .

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  7. PeterParis17 December, 2008 08:39

    Tough times, but we must perhaps try to keep our illusions - and illuminations? Nice illustration!

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  8. Cergie18 December, 2008 11:30

    Ecoute, je vais laisser tomber les réflexions philosophiques (il y a de quoi s'attrister à bien des points de vue) et ne pas bouder mon plaisir tout du moins d'admirer cette splendeur qu'est ta photo ! Sans illuminations, personnes dans la rue, et tout concourt à faire le spectacle que tu rends si bien, avec tant de légéreté, de précision : les lumières et la vie de la ville (j'aime bien ces guirlandes. Vous payez beaucoup d'impôt ? Qui finance ? Cela vaut un feu d'artifice, qui durerait tout le mois de décembre)

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  9. Ming the Merciless21 December, 2008 14:52

    Oh wow! That is a beautiful photo of Christmas decorations downtown.

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