Cruise Ship Abstract Pyramidal Windows
by Rick Bures
Title
Cruise Ship Abstract Pyramidal Windows
Artist
Rick Bures
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Cruise Ship Abstract Pyramidal Windows (horizontal format). An image full of interesting angles found in the pyramidal skylights on the deck of the a cruise ship, the angled pattern repeating fore and aft in green glass which reflects a blue sky with wispy clouds. The interestingly angles railings add framing and leading lines. The green glass and metal tableau is set against the white of the cruise ship’s bridge walls. I find the architecture of cruise ships fascinating. For most of us, we spend our lives surrounded by vertical walls set at 90 degrees from each other and the floor, and more often than not the ceiling is set at 90 degrees from that. Occasionally, we might be lucky enough to have a curving wall or staircase, or maybe a wall set at a different angle. But, when I look at the architecture of a cruise ship, it seems to speak to me from the future. Here I find lots of glass and metal with wood being used only sparingly, as if it were a precious resource (as well it might be, in the hostile environment of the open sea), windows and walls set at odd angles both vertically and horizontally, curving staircases and walls and lines, giant globes on thin pedestals, and a preponderance of white– it all seems like a Utopian city of the future, done small. Abstract photography seeks to portray a subject not literally, but more viscerally, communicating through form (shapes, patterns, lines, curves), color, texture, and the play of light and shadow. Often, just a small portion of the whole subject is shown, in order for part to speak for the whole, to communicate deeper meaning or aesthetic appeal through the details seen which would be missed if the whole were visible. Please see my many other abstract and semi-abstract shots of cruise ship architecture.
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August 2nd, 2017
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