untitled elementary school closing 6

Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 30 August 2008 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

went to see someone who lives near an elementary school i attended. he mentioned it's being closed so i decided to take some photos for a series...

so this is where asphalt meets grass... don't have a broader photo of the field (couldn't think of many good compositions and it was getting dark). the main things i remember about this field are having to run around it during phys ed, playing soccer with classmates at lunch (i was the kid who got picked last or next to it), and doing the test for a project to build a mini-'house' that was hurricane (actually, leaf blower) resistant.

sorry i'm not able to catch up on everyone's blogs as i'd like to, focusing on other pursuits more now.

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Comments (14)

Klaus from Germany

Nice contrast between nature and the street

30 Aug 2008 6:14am

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

very nice colors and textures

30 Aug 2008 7:50am

Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany

Very nice abstract,just my sort of thing.

30 Aug 2008 1:18pm

Beth from United States

As an elementary school teacher, I love the image. Great slice of a world I am familiar with. I love the texture and light.

30 Aug 2008 7:39pm

@Beth: thanks a lot!

cako from Germany

Beuatiful and very simple combination of nature and asphalt. Great work !

30 Aug 2008 11:02pm

Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico

Nicely composed. I also like the color and texture here. Looking forward to more of the series.

31 Aug 2008 1:07am

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

I'm glad you're sharing your thoughts. I always felt sorry for the kid who was always picked last. Whenever I got to be the captain to pick the kids, I picked the kid who always got picked last first. Did that come out right? Needless to say I didn't get picked to be the captain very often because the captains were ruthless. Now I figure they're some loser out there in the world that looks a lot older than me...lol...see, I can be optimistic when I wanna be:-) I'm enjoying this series already. I like the symbolism of your photo.

31 Aug 2008 3:54am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

Just Perfect! great idea and really so nice! well done

31 Aug 2008 5:37am

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

You really are revealing some insights into your past with this series ... a member of the SEC and last to be picked with a voracious appetite for drinking fountain water ... hmmmmmm ... anthropologically speaking what does this tell me about the man from Suburbia ...

I have to tell you, you win bonus points for this image with the descriptive line "so this is where asphalt meets grass" ... it takes the creative, compositional skills of the social scientist to make a shot like this work!

31 Aug 2008 8:42pm

Raffi from Maryland, United States

This is a very simple shot. However, you did a good job with the composition and processing! I like it.

1 Sep 2008 12:18am

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

Love the processing and composition...I like the angle and how the bits of weeds creep onto the asphalt like fringe.

It's interesting the moments we remember from our childhood...I, too, was one of those kids who were always picked next to last, if not last (I know, big surprise there). I was such a shy, introverted, bookworm...much happier being unnoticed and in the background, never one to seek attention. Man, I haven't thought about that stuff in years.

1 Sep 2008 2:36am