Monthly Archive for October, 2009

originally uploaded by 415Kurt

Absolutely beautiful photostream by flickr-user Kurt Manley who mostly captures the dense atmosphere of San Francisco at night. Edward Hopper couldn’t have painted it better. 415kurt proves to have a perfect eye for remote and fleeting places and literally looks behind the facades.

Looking at each of these images I get the feeling that the actual thing is yet about to happen. As if something is in the air and everyone is just waiting for it to come about. Like on a film set: lights are burning, cameras are about to roll; at any moment the actors will come out of makeup, step onto the set and start playing their scene. It will be the kind of film they no longer make today; it will be at least thirty years old, the print will be scratchy and dusty, it will jump from time to time, since digital is still talk of the future. But all of that won’t matter, cause the story is so dense, the characters are gripping and the overall atmosphere transports the viewer to another place in a another time.

Flickr-stream by 415kurt

ursprünglich hochgeladen von 415Kurtoriginally uploaded by 415Kurt Sehr schönes Foto-Portfolio von Flickr-User Kurt Manley, der vor allem ein äußerst atmosphärisches nächtliches San Francisco einfängt. Edward Hopper hätte es nicht besser gemacht. Aber auch mit seinen übrigen Fotos beweist 415kurt ein Auge für das Abseitige, für Vergängliches und im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes für den Blick ...