Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
I went to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch today and came across these figures next to entrance. Quite impressive: the eyes flashed on and off and the figures moved from side to side. That explains why the figure on the right is a little blurry. It was in motion when I took the picture, while the figure on the left was stationary.
Taken with an iPhone SE II
Last week I went into New York City. I thought I might be staying out late (for me) so I got a hotel room. We went for dinner at Japanese restaurant on Lexington Ave and 39th street. This imposing figure was standing right next to the restaurant. I guess Hallowe’en must be coming.
Taken with an iPhone SEII
It’s another one by Seward Johnson and it’s called “Midstream”.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
In addition to the version of Manet’s Olympia (See: Grounds for Sculpture – Arriving at the visitor’s center) a number of statues based on Impressionist paintings were scattered around the landscape. These are just a few of them.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
It’s actually called: “Has Anyone Seen Larry? (The Three Fates)”, but it reminds me more of Macbeth’s three witches than it does of the Morai of ancient Greek religion and mythology, often known in English as the Fates. Three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter) and Atropos (the unturnable, a metaphor for death), they were the personifications of destiny.
Of course, the witches in Macbeth are nameless, and do bear a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology.
The skulls in the cauldron were rather gruesome.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II