On 1/3/2012 8:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The city of my birth, Wrocław in Poland, is a city with a lot of history. Too
> much history, in a way. But now it is living what is probably the best period
> in its 1000+ years history. I have not been back since January 2010, and
> during those two years a lot of changes have taken place, all for the better.
> The three pictures for the first two days of the New Year illustrate those
> changes and how the city's turbulent history is now being transformed into
> something nice.
Quite nice to see a city flourishing in peace while holding on to its
historical legacy.
> Read the captions for further details.
>
> January 1st: Hala Stulecia / Centennial Hall / Jahrhunderthalle:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#1657269261_FJ3JNQ9-O-LB
It seems to me that the perspective distortion serves this image well. The
building isn't much affected, while the newer
monument gains a reach that makes it quite a compelling composition.
> January 2nd (two for one): a WW2 bunker that is now being put to very good
> use:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#1657269349_nLqHn4b-O-LB
Here, at least to me, the perspective distortion doesn't serve well. As much of
the point is the conversion of a bunker
for war into a housing for art, the way the squat form of the bunker is changed
takes away from the feeling.
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Wajsman/bedzie_byto.htm>
Moose
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