Cracks In The Wall by photosynthesis
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First of two photos of walls taken in the town of Roussillon, which is located in Provence in France. It's noted for the reddish color of it's houses, which is derived from the ochre pigments that are found in the clay in that area. Those are the same pigments that are used to create paints, both for artists & house painting, as well as in some textiles. Though ochre pigments have been used since prehistoric times (in cave paintings, for example), a French scientist from Roussillon named Jean-Etienne Astier developed the modern industrial process for making ochre pigment in the 1780's.
I find it interesting that there is a fine line between a house that is looked down upon as dilapidated & falling apart & one that is considered "charming". To my eye, at least, this one falls into the charming category...
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Comments (10)
asterisk
Charming it is, and a fine photo. Makes me curious what the inside looks like.
durleybeachbum
If only the sane thing were true of old humans. Picturesque indeed.
Faemike55
Very charming façade Great capture
MrsRatbag
I'm with you, this is lovely! Very photogenic, and you've done an excellent job capturing it!
mtdana
I agree - a lot of old charm.
ichtvan
Lovely capture !!!
blinkings
Yep I agree.....charming!
auntietk
I love walls, and this one is absolutely photo-worthy!
anahata.c
Claude, I'm finally coming back to comment, and I'm only doing one comment on a few of you today. I'll be back for real sessions in the coming 2 weeks. But I've watched everything you've posted through all this time, and choosing one isn't easy. But this one hit me as soon as it went up, because the subject material is splendid and rich, but most of all because you captured and presented it with a luminous hand and heart. The clarity of blues against whites against that peach-ochre-coppery reddish-brown (how's that for an impossible hue-name!), against the deep purples of the leaves/flowers on the left---it's just splendid. As is your handling of the rocks vs the cracked wall. And the window almost seems like a work of art placed in the middle of it all. Your crop (or pov) helps that immensely---slightly off-center, with the window at the top of a flurry of rock activity...It's a splendid picture, full of motion and energy, and very peaceful as well. You just pull out and impart life to whatever you see---pulling it out of its core, coaxing it, inviting it forward---and you simultaneously grace it with the life from inside you. This is wonderful.
danapommet
A cool capture but it needs to be re-clayed on the outside!