THE GIRL & THE CATHEDRAL, a photo from Goias, Center-West

Photographer's Note

As I told you before, Goi疽 city had a fast economic decay when the gold found in the region was gone and many of its public buildings had a shortage of means while being built.
Here we can see the fa軋de of the Cathedral of Saint Ann, its works begun in 1743, but the precarious works were so bad that in 1759 the roof fell down, beginning a series of reforms that had an end only in 1998.
As you can see during the final restoration a part of the building was left as it was during centuries. I presume the metal fountain is from the end of 19th century.
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Como j� disse antes, a Cidade de Goi疽 teve um decl匤io econico muito r疳ido quando o ouro que foi descoberto na regi縊 acabou. Sendo assim, muitos dos pr馘ios p炻licos da cidade tiveram corte de verbas durante sua constru鈬o.
Vemos aqui a fachada da Catedral de Santa Ana, cujos trabalhos come軋ram em 1743, por駑, fizeram obras t縊 prec疵ias que o telhado desabou em 1759 e depois disso se iniciou uma s駻ie de reformas que s� teve um fim em 1998.
Reparem que durante a restaura鈬o final uma parte do pr馘io foi deixada como sempre esteve, inacabada.
A fonte com a mo軋 � feita em metal, presumo que seja uma obra do final do s馗ulo 19.

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Silvio1953 (220525) 2022-01-22 1:27

Ciao Jorge, lovely composition with beautiful and original fountain in FG, fine details, good light, wonderful colors and splendid sharpness, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

holmertz (101946) 2022-01-22 2:07

Hello Jorge,
The unusual fountain is well placed in the foreground and is the main reason why this is an interesting photo. The lady's skirt matches the upper walls of the church quite well.
Regards,
Gert

lousat (138561) 2022-01-22 2:25

Hi Jorge,a difficult life for this church, which after centuries has finally seen its triumph in 1998, the facade is very simple like the rest of what you have shown us from this city, while the fountain with the girl is very original and curious. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Royaldevon (85606) 2022-01-22 3:33

Hello Jorge,

Well done, you have composed this photograph extremely well, the fountain and lady, very strongly placed for f/g attention and to create a fine sense of depth. I like how her skirt makes a natural colour link with the red brick, upper storey of the building.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

Fis2 (169659) 2022-01-22 4:34

Witaj Jorge!
A very nice composition.
The portico and fountan makes impression.
Good POV, colors and light.
Well done.
Have a nice weekend.
Krzysztof

pierrefonds (113534) 2022-01-22 5:46

Hi Jorge,

The point of view is showing the details of the fountain and of the St.Anne cathedral. The light is giving good colors rendering. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jhm (211734) 2022-01-22 5:54

Hello Jorge,

Lovely picture with the statue and frontage.
Nice composition excellent presentation too.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

mkamionka (73290) 2022-01-22 11:52

Hi Jorge,
Lovely fountain with colorfully painted lady. Nice composition with the details of the church facade well combined with the fountain in the foreground.
Interesting note as always.
Very well done,
M

PaulVDV (62790) 2022-01-22 14:36

Hello Jorge,
The upper part of the fountain with the young woman makes an unusual foreground for the view of the church facade.
Hopefully there were no casualties when the roof of the church collapsed.
Best regards, Paul

jemaflor (146234) 2022-01-22 23:50

Hi Jorge,
a photo well composed, woith facade of the church and the statue, good sharpness and light capture management with this strong sunlight and this white facacde, tfs.

emka (157280) 2022-01-24 0:21

hello Jorge, Interesting facade of this cathedral with the part with bricks and white part with the same triangular shape. Nice fountain, with the unusual realistic figure of the girl,

best regards Malgo

mcmtanyel (67583) 2022-01-25 19:48

Hello Jorge,
Yeah, what's with that girl carrying a giant candle on her head?
Regards,
MT