deviant art





Login
Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour Lost Password?
Deviant Login
Buy Art Buy deviantWEAR Buy adCast Buy Premium Upgrade
Shop
 Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
Download Image
JPG, 700×637Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not Available
[x]

More from *maxlake2

Featured in Groups:

Not currently featured in any groups.

Details

May 5, 2007
252 KB
700×637
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 27
Favourites: 36 [who?]
Views: 1,318 (0 today)
Downloads: 22 (0 today)
[x]
:iconmaxlake2:
Statue of Liberty, from Jersey City, New Jersey
Spring, 2007

For lack of a better explanation, this photo was "inspired" by one of my favorite photographs by David Plowden, taken in 1967. [link]

I've been to this part of Jersey City, New Jersey several times in the past few years now, and as best I can tell, the vantage point from which Plowden shot his image no longer exists. I suppose what I mean by that is that development in the area has filled in the open space that appeared in his image. So I moved to the north, and more squarely behind the statue.
:icon:
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
love 0 0 joy 1 1 wow 2 2 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconblacksand459:
*Blacksand459 Nov 9, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
At first glance, before reading the comments above, I thought this picture was taken with the trucks in the foreground, as a statement on the privilege of capitalistic liberty in this country, which was secured by our forefathers. And then the viewer sees the Statue of Liberty in the background...on the horizon...symbol of the Freedom which has been our Nation's hallmark.

I looked at Plowden's shot, too. I like his photo also. As always when I compare shots from two different eras, I'm reminded of how...unfettered things seem in older photographs. The old days weren't all rosy, but they seem simpler. Thanks for sharing. :)

--
1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us.

"They looked upon the promised land where surely life was sweet."
~ Steely Dan

"No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater..." ~Robert Frost "The Master Speed"
Reply
:iconwodewose:
~Wodewose Sep 1, 2009
This great shot is now featured in my journal: [link] :)

--
Poet with a Lens
Reply
:iconmaxlake2:
*maxlake2 Sep 1, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Aidan,
Thanks so much!
Please see my Comment on your Journal. Generally, I don't subscribe to many Journals on dA, but I just subscribed to yours! You're an excellent writer!
:nod:
Richard
Reply
:iconwodewose:
~Wodewose Sep 2, 2009
Thanks a lot. I'm getting the impression here that you and I have quite a bit in common :)

--
Poet with a Lens
Reply
:iconmaxlake2:
*maxlake2 Sep 2, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Yes Aidan, it appears that we do! :laughing:
:D
R
Reply
:iconmonikamarciniak:
~monikamarciniak Aug 31, 2009
very nice photo!

--
Per aspera ad astra.
Reply
:iconmaxlake2:
*maxlake2 Aug 31, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks! :)
Reply
:iconwodewose:
~Wodewose Aug 26, 2009
I love the Plowden pic - yours is an appropriate and effective homage :)

--
Poet with a Lens
Reply
:iconmaxlake2:
*maxlake2 Aug 26, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Aidan,

I've always found the Plowden pic to be one of the most pleasantly disturbing photos I have ever seen. I stared at it for hours when I first saw it. You have no idea how long I drove around Jersey City trying to find his location! :D

:)
Richard
Reply
:iconwodewose:
~Wodewose Aug 27, 2009
I can imagine - I understand that sort of obsession. I like the resonance of the construction ';pleasantly disturbing' too :)

--
Poet with a Lens
Reply
:icon:
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
©2012 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Developers | Careers | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Premium Membership Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy