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Feb 18 2019 10 Comments

A Dali-like clock in an abandoned school

Over the weekend, a request for some photographs included the one seen below — an image I have a real soft spot for, both in regards the end result, and the memories associated with it.

There’s already a monochrome version on these pages — it was part of a photo series from an abandoned school up in the mountains. A wonderfully atmospheric and incredibly intact old structure that can be seen here.

To add to that experience, it’s now almost six years since I took the photograph. Not that long ago, but it’s a period in which personally at least a lot changed, both in good ways and bad, making the slightly surreal peeling back of time feel more significant.

So, in a re-visit of sorts, here is the previously unseen colour version. My initial view was that black and white looked best. Over time that changed to colour. But now I can’t decide either way. The only thing I can be certain of is that I now like the photo more than I did over half a decade ago.

clock in an abandoned school

Categorized: Haikyo

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  1. Ron says

    2/18/2019 at 8:42 am

    Nice. Hard to say which version is better, but I personally prefer the black and white. I do think the color version has a bit more “Alice in Wonderland” to it, though.

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    • Lee says

      2/18/2019 at 8:49 pm

      Cheers.

      Yeah, it’s a tough call. Both versions have elements I like, so very difficult to choose. In that respect I suppose it’s nice to have both options.

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  2. DavidT says

    2/18/2019 at 11:01 am

    I can totally see why you like it so much it’s a really cool image. That’s an awesome black & white series but I’m gonna choose color! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      2/18/2019 at 8:50 pm

      Thanks. Sounds good to me. I have, and probably will do again!

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  3. cdilla says

    2/18/2019 at 10:50 pm

    It is a stand-out photograph in either format.
    Thanks for posting the link – that was probably from before I discovered your site. I especially like the shattered metronome. The beat it measured didn’t just pause to be picked up later, but was irrevocably stopped.

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    • Lee says

      2/19/2019 at 11:50 am

      Thanks. Definitely one I’m very fond of.

      You are very welcome. Glad you liked it. Yeah, that shattered, and thus forever stopped metronome was especially poignant.

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  4. MrSatyre says

    2/19/2019 at 5:10 am

    Great find!

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    • Lee says

      2/19/2019 at 11:55 am

      Thanks! Seeing that at the time was a real treat to say the least. A lovely, unexpected find.

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  5. Joanna says

    2/27/2019 at 4:29 pm

    I love the colour one the most, as I think it adds to the sense of time continuing, rather than stopped with the clock.

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    • Lee says

      2/27/2019 at 8:29 pm

      Ah, interesting. Hadn’t thought of the colour version in that way, but yes, that makes perfect sense.

      Reply

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