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'Surveyed Presence' - In photographing the Cross...

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Paul Abbott

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'Surveyed Presence' is a project I started in Canada last year, where I got my first initial image. The sheer presence I felt from visiting the cross here, struck me deeply. So, it's not only the image of the cross, but it's own presence near or far, that I wish to convey in my photographs.

I'm not a religious person but the cross has always held a reverence for me.

Please forgive me for re-posting the Nova Scotia image, but it'll be in this thread where I'll post further images for this project.




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Dartmouth - Nova Scotia, Canada #1 - Paul Abbott





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Charing Cross Road, London #2 - Paul Abbott​
 
Jerome Marot

Jerome Marot

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I like the first image very much "Dartmouth - Nova Scotia, Canada #1". The symmetrical composition really makes it work. And the image in the puddle is also symmetrical to the center of the cross on the top half of the picture. I think that is what makes that image particularly strong: the double symmetry, the top/bottom one being perceived as the subject of the picture.
 
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Mark Hampton

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Paul Abbott said:
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Southwark, London #3 - Paul Abbott​
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Paul,

when you put these together they move into an interesting space for me. The simplicity of the 1st image is twisted by the title of the second (not to mention the locked gate and the complex nature of the second image)and the 3rd the institution (pillar).

Relay enjoyed looking at these - I am working on a a work in relation to the stations of the cross and this has brought it back to the surface.

cheers
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Paul,

I like this series and have already commented on your first, iconic picture. I am not sure I follow the Charing Cross picture. Is it the shadow on the ground to the right that we should pay attention to?

Asher
 
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Paul Abbott

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Well, many thanks for these replies, I am satisfied that you appreciate them as you do.

Mark, I'd like to see your images on this subject, I hope you can provide a link or post some of them on here.

Asher, haven't you noticed the cross on the roof of the church in the distance? It's there. For that image I felt that the cones in the foreground were a guide/ frame as well as two points forming the base of a triangle, with the cross the topmost point. This was one of the things I saw in shooting the image.
Hmmm, there were three crosses on the mount...er nah that's taking things too far! :D
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Paul Abbott said:
Well, many thanks for these replies, I am satisfied that you appreciate them as you do.

Mark, I'd like to see your images on this subject, I hope you can provide a link or post some of them on here.

Asher, haven't you noticed the cross on the roof of the church in the distance? It's there. For that image I felt that the cones in the foreground were a guide/ frame as well as two points forming the base of a triangle, with the cross the topmost point. This was one of the things I saw in shooting the image.
Hmmm, there were three crosses on the mount...er nah that's taking things too far! :D
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Now I get it Paul. I was thinking it might be in the wood framing of the wall then I felt that it must be in the oblique shadows. Now you point out the roof, I'd wonder if it might be worthy to try burning in the roof and blurring some of the rest of the image.

Asher
 
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Paul Abbott

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Asher, feel free to have a go yourself, I don't mind.

Any amount of blurring in this scene wouldn't work for me, and I don't see the benefit. The 'burning' in of the roof I will have a go at and see what I think. Cheers.
 
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Paul Abbott

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While roaming the halls of the V&A Museum in South Kensington, I spotted this opportunity in the Medieval & Renaissance Exhibition. These are 14th C. Crusader cross engravings on a stone effigy of a knight's shield.




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14th C. Crusade Cross Engravings - Paul Abbott​
 
fahim mohammed

fahim mohammed

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Paul Abbott said:
While roaming the halls of the V&A Museum in South Kensington, I spotted this opportunity in the Medieval & Renaissance Exhibition. These are 14th C. Crusader cross engravings on a stone effigy of a knight's shield.




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14th C. Crusade Cross Engravings - Paul Abbott​
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Paul, I am somehow drawn to this image. Not least because of the history. I am fascinated by the engravings.

Well seen and thanks for presenting it to us.
 
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Martin Evans

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Paul Abbott said:
While roaming the halls of the V&A Museum in South Kensington, I spotted this opportunity in the Medieval & Renaissance Exhibition. These are 14th C. Crusader cross engravings on a stone effigy of a knight's shield.

14th C. Crusade Cross Engravings - Paul Abbott
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A fascinating image, from more than one point of view. There is a kind of fanaticism in the repeated incising of the cross symbol into the stone of the monument. It is a reminder of how strong Christian belief was in the everyday life of the mediaeval European.

Martin
 
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