Red Dwarf

Doing what I enjoy the most abstracting the crap out of architecture. In this case the Colosseum. One of my mentors in photography told me once I needed to stop photographing older buildings and focus on more modern stuff. They had a fair point and really didn't go back as a result  but when in Rome went back to my roots. 

Walked all around the Colosseum and found these gems on the backside.

Gives off a real surface of Mars vibe.  

Think the sequence here works well with the intro and outro images kind of completing a circle metaphorically and physically. Might work well as a 3 x 3 square with the first and last in the corners.

Would have been interesting to see what I could have done had I had full access to the inside rather than just walking around the outside. 

Fissure

 

                          

Series of images taken from my reflections upon The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The space in it's repetition and shear density of blank sarcophaguses creates a sense of weight that cannot be escaped but only confronted. Would recommend any visitor to Berlin to experience this memorial and take some time to reflect on those lost to needless hatred.      

Trevi - A

 I think a lot of the challenge of photography is about finding a way in. Once you find your way in the photography takes care of itself. Case in point went to the Trevi fountain in Rome arguably one of the most photographed fountains in the world. Walked around it trying to find a way in seeing something that caught my eye or peaked my interest. Besides focusing on a Martin Parr style take on the massive sea of tourist just left without getting the camera out. After taking some thought about it and go to my fallback position abstract the crap out of things, so went there at night time and focused on the specular reflections off the water. Not sure what the cops thought about me using a long lens but whatever. 

Little from column A a little from column B. focusing on specular reflections from street lighting around the fountain. 

So A was at night and then B was during the day.