"Memorial To 6 Million Souls…” (NYC)

[enezdez14]

D850
f/6.3
ISO 64
1/320 Sec.
24 - 70 mm - f/2.8G
27 mm

(Processed In LR & Color Efex Pro 4)

Thanks For Looking Any Comments/Criticism Will Be Appreciated.

Enezdez

 

[Christie Photo]

Huh... two weeks and no comments.

My first impression is I'm not sure where to look. There is a lot going on, and nothing really pops. The clouds come off as blue... makes me wonder why.

I do like the play of the shadows on the stones.

-Pete

 

[smoke665]

Hmm, just saw this. As above comment ^ there's a lot going on but nothing to really tie it all in. The processing gives me a slightly alien vibe that I'm not sure of.

 

[enezdez14]

Huh... two weeks and no comments.

My first impression is I'm not sure where to look. There is a lot going on, and nothing really pops. The clouds come off as blue... makes me wonder why.

I do like the play of the shadows on the stones.

-Pete

Hmm, just saw this. As above comment ^ there's a lot going on but nothing to really tie it all in. The processing gives me a slightly alien vibe that I'm not sure of.

This image is from the "Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial To The Holocaust."

British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy’s Garden of Stones, 18 massive stone boulders with holes fire-seared through their centers, was installed in September 2003 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. The exhibit came about through the active assistance of a number of people at Cornell.

The museum’s Memorial Garden is an outdoor space devoted to contemplation and reflection, dedicated to the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust and honoring those who survived. Eighteen boulders were selected because in the Hebrew tradition the number represents life. A single sapling, planted by Holocaust survivors, grows in the hollow within each stone. As the trees mature, each will become a part of the stone, its trunk and roots widening and fusing to the base--the artist’s metaphor for the tenacity and fragility of life. (I copied & pasted, the full link is below)

About the Garden of Stones at the Museum of Jewish Heritage | Cornell Botanic Gardens


The building itself is a six-tiered structure – sort of shaped like a pyramid – that serves to represent the six million Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. The building itself is surrounded by an outdoor installation by Andy Goldsworthy called Garden of Stones. The garden, of course, is not a typical garden. Instead, it consists of trees growing from stone, which were planted in 2003 by Holocaust survivors and their families. (I copied & pasted, full link below)

The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust


Thanks for your interest in the image,

Enezdez