Land Matters in Art, a photo from Khomas, South

Photographer's Note

Continuing with a walk around Windhoek and hoping to show images not usually seen on TE, this is a shot taken outside the National Art Gallery of Namibia. The gallery houses a permanent collection of Namibian art, which represents historical, contemporary and post-independence work.

Currently the exhibition 鏑and Matters in Art� is on show.

Land Matters in Art is an initiative encouraging artists to have their say about land matters and land reform in Namibia
In September last year the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement, invited local artists to participate in an artistic dialogue on land and land reform in Namibia. After more than 270 artworks by over 100 artists were submitted, a jury of experienced artists and representatives from various institutions selected the best artworks.

For more information on the exhibition please see http://www.land-matters-in-art.com/2012/09/background-information/
This photograph is copyright of Rosemary Walden - ｩ Rosemary Walden 2013. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of the image in any form is prohibited. You may not, except with my express written permission, copy, reproduce, download, distribute or exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system

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Romano46 (18472) 2013-05-10 11:05

Ciao Rosemary
la forza delle tue foto � il colore e questa non fa alcuna eccezzione.
Interessante e piacevole anche la contrapposizione tra forme tondeggianti e linee e forme squadrate.
Sempre eccellenti saturazione, contrasto e nitidezza.
Complete le note a corredo.
Ciao e buon fine settimana
Romano

williewhistler (16606) 2013-05-10 12:16

Hello Rosemary,with all of the vibrant colours this is a real eye catcher,combined with the graphic shapes in an imaginative composition it`s full of impact and interest,a bit like the exhibition itself I imagine.
Best wishes Les.

dta (98848) 2013-05-10 12:20

Hello Rosemary ,
Withan "at first glance" not very attractive subject , you've done and attractive picture with striking contrasted colors . The perspective and the framing are excellent , too .
Regards

fabbs99 (17179) 2013-05-10 12:37

Hello Rosemary,

The graffiti on the walls and the multi-colored frame looks extremely elegant.
Very nice range of colors.Amazing sharpness and perfect light. Thanks for sharing this good work.Well done.TFS.

Best Regards
Farhat

ACL1978 (7511) 2013-05-10 15:23

I have to commend you here for the attempt, first of all, to push the TE envelope a bit... a really successful attempt with this shot, in which you're using the advertisement itself in your composition. Sounds like a fascinating exhibit, and of course especially for a country like Namibia land quality and land reform is a crucial issue. Thanks for the link, which gives us a little look inside.

Andrew

jjcordier (79299) 2013-05-10 22:46

Rosemary
La lumi鑽e du moment saturant bien les couleurs mais surtout ton sens de la composition donnent beaucoup d'attraits � cette photo r饌lis馥 � partir d'駘駑ents qui ne semblaient pas sp馗ialement photog駭iques au d駱art.
Amicalement
JJ

ChrisJ (171822) 2013-05-11 1:24

Hello Rosemary

Excellent density and lighting contrasts with good graphism and sharpness. I like the warm cold color contrast between the blue sky and red facade of the wall. Good control over perspective and well framed and composed. Have a nice weekend!

marabu61 (11587) 2013-05-11 3:38

Hello Rosemary
That looks a bit messy and wouldn't be a first choice for a subject for most photographers. But the strong deep saturated colors and the fine graphical elements makes for an attractive shot still.
have a good weekend
Daniel

Sergiom (117241) 2013-05-11 5:25

Bonjour Rosemary

J'aime beaucoup la construction de cette image qui fait que les 駘駑ents ext駻ieurs poussent vers l'int駻ieur � cause de l'effet de lentille.Les couleurs sont franches et bien satur馥s.

Bon samedi

Serge

No_One (4) 2013-05-11 7:58

Hi Rosemary
This sounds likea wonderful exhibition, did you go inside? You have certainly created a unique capture, and one that I don't think many would see as you have here. The shapes and lines, and the beautiful colour contrast of the red and oh so blue are really beautiful. I am very envious of that blue sky :)
Have a great weekend
Noel