Swept Away.... (for Chip) by beachzz
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Swept Away... By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
This is the title of a movie by Lina Wertmueller that came out way back in the early 70's. The title alone was intriguing, and the story line was classic. My foto here is also in Port Gamble, but I played with it and when I was done, that title simply came to me. It's not August, I know, but there is a dreamy, ethereal, maybe even surreal look to this shot.
Oh, and this is for you, Chip---since you liked the foto. I think you'd love the movie as well--it's campy and trippy and you should check it out!!
Comments (13)
Meisiekind
This has quite a mystical feel to it Marilyn! Marvelous!
Geoaskier
Trippie looking!
durleybeachbum
Well weird, as the kids say!! marvellous!
jocko500
super cool
blinkings
Tres trippie!
bazza
Lovely shot and post work on this one Marilyn it turned out nice, well done!!
goodoleboy
Nice surreal neon effect, Marilyn. And I never heard of the movie. Is it only shown in art houses?
hipps13
wonderful work have do have a great weekend warm hugs, Linda
Chipka
WOW! I like this! Yeah, I like this a lot! It's definitely got a trippy-tinge to it, but that's what works so well, like there's this hyper focus swimming around just behind the "normal" focus. And the way the sky just sort of ripples like it's polarized is really cool. I love that lone red boat too...that's like the anchor to this piece, even though you're driven to wander around it! Yeah, This rocks! Well...maybe it just sways gently, since the water doesn't look choppy, but at any rate, this is an amazing piece of art! I really like it! Rather than gush, I'm gonna shut up and just look at it again for a while!
auntietk
Oooohh! I like what you did with this. Excellent result!
anahata.c
As a gift for Chip, it's perfect. It has that transformed glowing-around-the-edges look he gets in a number of his photos. And it has a sense of a story behind the story, which he shows everytime he puts pen to paper. (Fingers to keyboard? Probably more fitting...) And as a photo, it almost feels like melted glass or molten metal, very tactile and filled with molded reflections (I love the texture). And---as Chip says---it has hyper-focus behind the normal focus. It looks like a nice photo to begin with, too. A fine gift for this powerhouse of a guy & talent. And I love that red sail sticking out like a red jewel in the midst of all that blue. FIne work Marilyn. And I remember Swept Away, and it was a very controversial piece, as all of Wertmüller was, because on the one hand it crashed through the horrors of class-prejudice (upper class woman vs. lower class man), yet it did so with the man being violent to the woman, which was wrenching to watch. Wertmüller packaged her points in the most propulsive & assaulting guises, she was a consummate show-woman. It exploded through class-distinction as few films had, and still it was agonizing to watch another on-screen male slap & overcome a female. (Wertmüller was female, of course!) Thanks for reminding me of her...when we saw her films years back, we'd come out of the theater exploding with talk, dialogue and argument. She was explosive. But getting back, love the photo, and it really captures Chip's visual style. Always good to see him honored in these pages.
sharky_
Very nice.... Aloha
danapommet
Amazing postwork on this one. It looks like you were shooting through a lightly frosted window on the ferry. I like this a lot. Dana