More Grunge. I’m in a groove.
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Loading ...To date, I’ve shot this old truck from every imaginable angle and in every season (except snow). So recently, when I revealed this treasure to a new photo buddy of mine (Sonja), I felt a bit challenged to find some new approach to one of my favorite and most familiar subjects. This compelled me to get closer than I normally do…really “LOOK” for details that I may have missed in previous shootings…details like the tiny vines entwined in rusted cracks of metal…like the nuance of colors in the rust and the way the light hits the glass in the headlights…the frayed remnants of the steering wheel cover blowing in the spring breeze, or the vines creeping up into the place where a plush seat once rested.
Sometimes when something seems old and outdated and seems to no longer serve any useful purpose, perhaps it has simply adopted a NEW purpose. This old truck no longer hauls hay and feed, no longer takes teenagers to drive-in movies or to get ice cream on a hot day. But it CAN reflect the play of the light and shadows around it; it serves as a nice backdrop for a tangle of tall grasses and creeping vines. As the integrity of the old metal gives way to the ravages of rust, passersby who take a moment to stop and look, can enjoy the varying textures and colors of the process of oxidation and decay. Whooda thought destruction could be so charming?
Too bad I can’t look in the mirror at the ravages of time as played out on my own carbon unit, and appreciate the process of aging as aptly as I can in this old truck. Wrinkles, freckles, age spots and cellulite just don’t come across as quaint and beautiful as rusted metal. But I CAN lose myself–in all my inglorious imperfections–behind the lens of a camera, as I continue to seek out and reveal the surprising beauty of unlikely places.
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I like the colors being reflected in the truck’s headlamp and the different textures in the rust on the metal of the old truck. All these elements along with the light dirrection, elevates the eye’s interest. An allows the eye along with the mind to wander the harmonious composition in surch of the next little surprize that it expects to find.
Very Nice work !