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Title: Gone
Post by: Terry on October 17, 2015, 04:13:04 AM

I've been stalking an abandoned house lately (for several weeks or a month actually).  It's about to be demolished and I wanted to capture to some extent the way it feels to walk around in someone else's personal space: the occupants just left and didn't take everything (quite) with them.  I finally feel that I got what I was after.

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/98/39992198.811f98f5.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992198)
Gone 1 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992198) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/96/39992196.83097f48.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992196)
Gone 2 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992196) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/94/39992194.f002739e.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992194)
Gone 3 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992194) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/92/39992192.e4093bce.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992192)
Gone 4 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992192) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/20/86/39992086.196a1eb2.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992086)
Gone 5 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992086) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/20/84/39992084.2e67eea8.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992084)
Gone 6 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992084) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

(http://cdn.ipernity.com/200/20/82/39992082.a7128d7e.500.jpg) (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992082)
Gone 7 (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/434637/39992082) par Terry B (http://www.ipernity.com/home/434637), on ipernity

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Late Developer on October 17, 2015, 07:14:19 AM

I really like these, Terry.  Strangely, although I'm usually a bigger fan of mono than colour work, it's the colours in these shots and the patches of light and shade that make them pop off the screen for me. Had the rooms been carpeted, I doubt the photos would have "worked" quite so well. You've done a very good job of bringing to life the slightly melancholy feel of this place.

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Terry on October 17, 2015, 05:35:46 PM

Thanks Paul.  The first few rolls I shot in there just looked like empty spaces.  When I found the room with the closet door open and the toys spilled on the floor I felt I was in the right frame of mind.  Then I began seeing the other spaces differently.

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Indofunk on October 17, 2015, 07:54:30 PM

Yes, that second one really captures that theme. Well done!

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Adam Doe on October 17, 2015, 09:11:53 PM

From an artistic point of view I think the first shot's great, very effective. The colors work so well together with the composition.

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Terry on October 18, 2015, 02:58:01 PM

Thanks Satish and Adam.  The color shots are expired Portra 160 NC.  Still my favorite color film.  (Thankfully I've got about 150 feet of it in the fridge, and it doesn't seem to be deteriorating.  Yet.)  The others are HP5; all shot in my favorite Yashica 44.

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: hookstrapped on November 07, 2015, 02:26:47 PM

I especially like 2 and 4

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: calbisu on January 20, 2016, 01:43:38 PM

Number 2 for me, it looks more organic or alive.. Or may be because it has more clear traces from its previous inhabitants


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Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Terry on February 15, 2016, 12:22:13 AM

Carlos--I agree; I like that one best too.  It was a box of toys left behind by a child (I guess).  The writing on the yellow paper was Chinese.  Things like that suggest a story...

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Fluminian on February 19, 2016, 12:32:55 PM

Very nice, Terry. The 4th and the 5th are talking to me.

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Terry on February 22, 2016, 10:08:39 PM

What are they saying??????

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Fluminian on February 26, 2016, 10:29:02 AM

Quote from: Terry on February 22, 2016, 10:08:39 PM

What are they saying??????

They say: "Look at me how well composed I am. Look how nice is the interplay of light and shadows, how beautiful the full range of grays are."

Satisfied?  ;)

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Terry on February 26, 2016, 01:46:14 PM

Yes!!!!  Thanks!

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: Ezzie on June 13, 2016, 05:06:16 PM

No. 5 is a stonker!

Title: Re: Gone
Post by: MacArron on June 14, 2016, 11:54:45 AM

The third is my favourite though all of them are quite attractive due to soft colours (NC stands for neutral colours I think)

Well done.