Riposte

Posters weathering.

i really like this one. the crenulation adds a lot.

These really are exceptional with the feeling more of modern abstract painting than photography. You do this better than anyone that I have seen on photo.net

There is no doubt about it: this is a very fine addition to your series. Curious as I am; would you care to tell a little about this project (if this series could be called such)?

Thanks for your interest in my photos Markku, and your kind words.

 

When I moved up here to Portland, I was photographing into windows and reflections. But there were few that I found that really kept me coming back. I live pretty close to some neighborhoods that are run down, and there was this one building that people had been plastering posters on for years. As soon as I approached it, and saw all the the wonderful complexity, and all the letters and words, I new I'd found my new obsession. They reminded me of Kurt Schwitters, and the Abstract Expressionists.

 

To top it off, I attribute a great deal of importance to words, to language. I see languages as the Grand Meme. That is, the mother of consciousness. The sea of words keeps growing, and we each have a little part of it. When we die, the language, the meme of languages just keeps on growing. But where is it?

 

I like how these posters can have an afterlife... and aesthetic rebirth.

Great stuff, this folder contains some of the finest work here on p.net, in my view.