This Old House by beachzz
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I loved the way this house (in Atlanta, Georgia) sat among the huge buildings. It reminded me of a story my son and I read when he was little.
The Little House On The HIll*
There was a little house on a hill that belonged to a woman whose granddaughter visited her often. The girl loved this house, spent many happy hours playing there. The girl grew up and moved away and her grandmother died. The house sat, becoming dwarfed by these skyscrapers. One day many years later, the younger woman was walking down the street . She saw the house, and realized it was her grandmother's. The house was in ruins, no one had lived there in years. The young woman was very sad to see this favorite house so neglected. She made a big decision, bought the house, had it moved out of the city. Now it sits, once again, on a little hill. It's surrounded by trees and people and the sound of children's laughter fills the air. The house is home again.
The end.
*probably not the exact title!!
Comments (17)
helanker
What a beautiful house. Pity it is surrounded by these skyscrapers. But it is an excellent shot and I liked the story alot.
Meisiekind
A glorious old dwelling! It must just be seriously sun deprived sitting amongst the high rises!!! Lovely image Marilyn!
bazza
Lovely house it looks great, but pity its surrounded by those skyscrapers, and super story to well done!!
durleybeachbum
Brings a whole new meaning to 'overlooked'!
auntietk
It appears to be well maintained ... someone is making some interesting choices! Excellent image ... quite thought provoking!
MrsRatbag
Well spotted; nice shot with the glass behemoths all around the lovely house!
lederhox
Enchanting, and fantastic POV!!
dorothylee
I always love the contrast between old and new buildings. I love the old house and the reflections of the mirrored building add nicely to the composition. Well done!
hipps13
wonderful capture so much to see warm hugs, Linda
BertDes
Excellent capture.
bmac62
It would be good to get the story of this house...it must be of historical importance. We know that Atlanta was burned down at the end of the Civil War...so it is doubtful that this house is older than 1865. The stone foundation gives it a castle like setting...I'll do a little looking at old holms in Atlanta and see if I can find a clue. If we really wanted to stir up something, I have a college classmate that lives in Atlanta...I send him the photo and say, Well, Alex, what do you think? Good shootin' and rememberin' on your part:)
goodoleboy
This ole house once knew his children This ole house once knew his wife This ole house was home and comfort As they fought the storms of life This old house once rang with laughter This old house heard many shouts Now he trembles in the darkness When the lightnin' walks about Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer Ain't a-gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles Ain't got time to fix the floor Ain't got time to oil the hinges Nor to mend the windowpane Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer He's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.... Yes, this old beauty seems out of place among the modern skyscrapers, Maz. Lots of stuff going on in this sparklingly stellar shot!
watapki66
One cool photo with the house surrounded by the city!
danapommet
Then there is the "under" part of the house - behind that large stone wall. There are windows at the far left. Are those crosses in the stone walls. Look at the size of the chimney. I’d like to see the history. Cool capture. Dana
Chipka
Humans are such weird creatures...we are afraid of the dark, so we light the night with all sorts of lights, but then we build skyscrapers which make cities dark. How weird is that? I love this shot; the house sitting there in all of its glory is super, especially since it's so defiant at the roots of those skyscrapers. I have to say that your POV really highlights the beauty of everything in view, and even the skyscrapers look nice. I love their glassy colors and the house sitting there, rather like a Japanese castle (on its wall of carefully fitted and mortared stone. Japanese castles don't look like castles at all...more like...well...Japanese buildings...and this house reflects that because as a house, it's somebody's castle.) This is amazingly sensitive work, and I love the title, though I have to admit that now I hear old school This Old House with Bob Vila and Norm Abrams in my head.
MrsLubner
Very cool!
anahata.c
man, this is a Marilyn shot through & through. Most photographers of urban contrast just don't go for this kind of shot, because it's too difficult, they think it has too much contrast, too many things are in juxtaposition, and maybe they feel that an old house next to modern high rises is too 'obvious'---they don't know how to make it 'fresh'. But you seem to capture these with utter ease, and you get the right feel almost by instinct. Being a student of architecture (I studied it & even did architectural rendering, ie drawing architecture as if for an architectural firm), I just love its languages & juxtapositions. You got the background buildings in a zig-zag, and yet they still provide an embracing "C," a full armed embrace behind the house. It's uncanny: I don't know how you did it, but you did it, you saw, came & conquered (to quote Julius Caesar, lol). As we move through the photo from left to right---full size---we realize that these buildings are all encasing the house. And how unusual, because they're all so different from each other! And then there's the house: not only strange & beautiful, sitting in front of this wholly odd assortment of high rises, but propped up on a high foundation of brick, which I assume is a lower level but which, in this shot, looks like the big stone foundations used to prop medieval castles off the ground & protect them from attackers. (Good pov!) And the tree on the left protects it in front. A wonderful capture of urban contrast; and though you probably did this by instinct, it's an instinct that many planned photographs wouldn't have captured in hundreds of tries. Beautiful work all around, showing how insightful you are with urbanity, right alongside your innate sense of nature, seas, gardens, and so on and so on. Terrific work!