Desolation in Christchurch

[Maezel]

I dunno if I should post it here or in B&W... I think both are ok...


Desolation in Christchurch by Martín E., on Flickr

 

[manaheim]

I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Can't even tell what that thing in the right is.

 

[bribrius]

im going to guess, since it has stairs, a pile of debris behind it, and clicking on the flicker it says it is a demolition site that the thing on the right is the remains of a building. Okay photograph interesting, but I think it would be a fabulous photograph if you could get those stairs leading no where more in the forefront, maybe moving thirty paces to the right.

 

[Maezel]

Thanks.

I was behind a fence, I couldn't get any closer or move more to the right . I get the idea tho!

 

[photofree]

That's why they have a whole thread on trespassing to get the picture. Is a fence gonna stop you now. Every major city has con/destruction. Does your town have a lot of desolation? In Houston anything over 20 years old is subject to the wrecking ball its a town without history.

profound thinking about stuff

 

[thereyougo!3]

I'm amazed at the lack of world knowledge here. 'Desolation in Christchurch' is a reference to the major earthquake in 2011 that killed many people and tore apart the NZ city of Christchurch:

2011 Christchurch earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Rick58]

I'm amazed at the lack of world knowledge here. 'Desolation in Christchurch' is a reference to the major earthquake in 2011 that killed many people and tore apart the NZ city of Christchurch:

2011 Christchurch earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guilty. I never even heard of it.

Good photo as part of a historical reference set. Although for this, you should really note what once stood at that location. Otherwise, it's just another urban demolition location.

 

[manaheim]

History alone does not make a great photo.

 

[Rick58]

History alone does not make a great photo.

True, but think how much history would be lost without photography. Any civilwar photograph ever made is worth more then any peice of art that will ever be made. This is a drum I'll not stop beating. Besides, I never said "great"

Somewhere, someone, annouced that photography needs to be art, and I apparently missed the meeting.

"You talk about simplicity. When I first made photographs, they were too plain to be considered art and I wasn't considered an artist. I didn't get any attention at all. The people who looked at my work thought, well, that's just a snapshot of the backyard. Privately I knew otherwise and through stubbornness stayed with it..." - Walker Evans

 

[thereyougo!3]

I'm amazed at the lack of world knowledge here. 'Desolation in Christchurch' is a reference to the major earthquake in 2011 that killed many people and tore apart the NZ city of Christchurch:

2011 Christchurch earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guilty. I never even heard of it.

Good photo as part of a historical reference set. Although for this, you should really note what once stood at that location. Otherwise, it's just another urban demolition location.

I suspect - not certain as it's been 6 years since I have been in Christchurch, though I'm going there next month - that this is the CTV building, where most of the victims died.

 

[manaheim]

History alone does not make a great photo.

True, but think how much history would be lost without photography. Any civilwar photograph ever made is worth more then any peice of art that will ever be made. This is a drum I'll not stop beating. Besides, I never said "great"

Somewhere, someone, annouced that photography needs to be art, and I apparently missed the meeting.

"You talk about simplicity. When I first made photographs, they were too plain to be considered art and I wasn't considered an artist. I didn't get any attention at all. The people who looked at my work thought, well, that's just a snapshot of the backyard. Privately I knew otherwise and through stubbornness stayed with it..." - Walker Evans

Sure. I'll buy that.

In addition, there is a restaurant I go to that has TONS of old photography. Almost all of it is pretty poor from a purely photographic/artistic perspective... but I love them all because they are a window into a world that I'll never see because it is lost in the ages of time.

I'm not sure that this photo, however, fits even that requirement. I guess only a couple hundred years of distance will tell us for sure.

 

[Rick58]

History alone does not make a great photo.

True, but think how much history would be lost without photography. Any civilwar photograph ever made is worth more then any peice of art that will ever be made. This is a drum I'll not stop beating. Besides, I never said "great"

Somewhere, someone, annouced that photography needs to be art, and I apparently missed the meeting.

"You talk about simplicity. When I first made photographs, they were too plain to be considered art and I wasn't considered an artist. I didn't get any attention at all. The people who looked at my work thought, well, that's just a snapshot of the backyard. Privately I knew otherwise and through stubbornness stayed with it..." - Walker Evans

Sure. I'll buy that.

In addition, there is a restaurant I go to that has TONS of old photography. Almost all of it is pretty poor from a purely photographic/artistic perspective... but I love them all because they are a window into a world that I'll never see because it is lost in the ages of time.

I'm not sure that this photo, however, fits even that requirement. I guess only a couple hundred years of distance will tell us for sure.

I wanted to get back to this yesterday, but unfortunately taxes were waiting to be done when I got home.:madmad:

But, now back to this photo. This will never be a wall hanger, nor can I assume was it ever intended to be. But it is a record of a significant event. Even record shots should be properly processed and composed to make them interesting to view. This is were C&C is helpful for even the lowly documentary shot.
50 years from now when someone is compiling a book of this event, this snapshot in time would be worth countless long exposure waterfalls, wildlife or sunset photographs. Could it be done better? Probably.

Everyone can explore photography in their own way. To me a camera was never a paint brush

I'll now return you to your regularly scheduled program.:mrgreen:

 

[CdTSnap]

I like the photo I just think its a bit to... harsh? The contrast and noise of whats in the photo distract it. If you know what I mean.

As for the event itself it was fairly big, But i think the worst part was all the quakes after it and the long term damage it seems to still be never ending. Luckily in Auckland we never get stuff like this... I would love to go down to Christchurch and have a look around though.