I have a question! Where are you by location, It would help to know this looking at your photos. Your placement is important to the staging of the photos.
They are wonderful. Who is Luther Pierce, he does not ring a bell in my head. And I lived in the U.S. for 34 years, now I am in Montreal.
Luther Peirce was a local lumber baron after the Civil War. He served during the Civil War with the 2nd Maine regiment which lost 800 of it's 1200 men during 10 battles in which it was engaged. There is a memorial to the regiment at Mt Hope Cemetery which I'll be posting photos of. This monument is one of 5 Charles Tefft (a local sculptor in the early 20th century), sculptures scattered throughout downtown.
I had to look up most of this infomation to answer your question because more than a historian, I'm a photographer of opportunity. Statues are easy. They don't move. You can take all the time you like fiddling with your camera.
I find that when taking a photo of a person or a statue you freeze the moment (obviously) but I think in a way, it animates the statue. Like it COULD have been moving moments before or after.
I always like the scene at the end of the Blues Brothers when the chase is over at Dealey Plaza and the shots of the statues looking down at Jake and Elwood and the car. Now THAT is art, Gentle Viewer!
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ReplyDeleteI have a question! Where are you by location, It would help to know this looking at your photos. Your placement is important to the staging of the photos.
They are wonderful. Who is Luther Pierce, he does not ring a bell in my head. And I lived in the U.S. for 34 years, now I am in Montreal.
Jeremy
Luther Peirce was a local lumber baron after the Civil War. He served during the Civil War with the 2nd Maine regiment which lost 800 of it's 1200 men during 10 battles in which it was engaged. There is a memorial to the regiment at Mt Hope Cemetery which I'll be posting photos of. This monument is one of 5 Charles Tefft (a local sculptor in the early 20th century), sculptures scattered throughout downtown.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up most of this infomation to answer your question because more than a historian, I'm a photographer of opportunity. Statues are easy. They don't move. You can take all the time you like fiddling with your camera.
I find that when taking a photo of a person or a statue you freeze the moment (obviously) but I think in a way, it animates the statue. Like it COULD have been moving moments before or after.
I always like the scene at the end of the Blues Brothers when the chase is over at Dealey Plaza and the shots of the statues looking down at Jake and Elwood and the car. Now THAT is art, Gentle Viewer!
But none of this answers your question...does it?