The Defense Rests by auntietk
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Description
The Old Courthouse
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Cases were heard in this courtroom between 1859 and 1939. The building now houses a museum.
Comments (20)
beachzz
Light and shadows---what a great shot!!
photosynthesis
If those walls could speak, I'm sure they would have many tales of human drama to tell. You've captured the gravitas of this room perfectly...
wysiwig
Almost perfect symmetry. Nicely seen and captured. I can never look at a southern courthouse or courtroom without being aware of their mixed legacy.
auntietk
Indeed. Being there was a disturbing experience.
Wolfenshire
How many lives were decided at that table, the tales it could tell.
durleybeachbum
Austere elegance. Mark's comment made me think.
Chipka
Such lovely muted colors, appropriate, I'd guess for a room where big issues were decided; I always wondered why jurors and judges were never required to sit under a symbol representing the Sword of Damocles...well...something similar: to remind them of the real momentousness of what they're deciding. And the only reason I even mentioned that is because I love this photo, and it evokes that. It doesn't hurt that I'm listening to music from the Battlestar Galactica prequel, "Caprica"...a rather somber piece of music with a rather chilling, "dirty" sounding violin. So anyway, all inter-stellar rambles aside: I love the simple elegance of this shot and the somber tones. It's crisp and clean: very elegant and full of subtle textures and a really super byplay between light and shadow, and to top it all off, it looks a bit like sepia in keeping with the history-vibe-thing. This is fantastic!
jayfar
Austere! Love the shot Tara.
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful capture; your indoor-photo's always attrackts my attention
FredNunes
That camera wth its owner produces some of the most amazing images like this one. I think that you excel with these!
Faemike55
Very stark and moving image Tara
Adobe_One_Kenobi
What a great POV darlin' Looks like an oldie worldie Pin Table :)
kgb224
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
helanker
GOSH! My father once had such a chair, when i was a little girl and i believe it could be tilted and spin. I loved playing on it :-)
rachris480907
Nice shot and POV!
RodS
One can easily imagine the drama that has taken place here - if only those chairs could speak of the ones who sat in them. What a classic shot, Tara! I can almost hear the gavel's echos.
CavalierLady
We enjoyed our visit to Vicksburg, but I don't remember seeing this. The color, the tone, the ambiance is perfect here. Once can almost feel the spirits of those long gone is this place. Very nicely done.
MrsRatbag
That would make a heck of a farm table...what a great capture! The light and warmth is amazing!
moochagoo
Love the XIXth century atmosphere
debbielove
Guilty, now hang 'im! Justice old style... and don't you wish sometimes.... Nice shot. Rob
pauldeleu
Symmetry. I love this shot.