Valve

When viewing industrial shots of machine parts and manual tort pieces,
it's hard not to appreciate the presence of
the natural dust, grease,
damage and wear of time these objects take on.

Personally, this allows me as a viewer
to almost smell the atmosphere.
The heavy scent of iron, mold -
maybe even to imagine the mechanical sounds
of past operations.
The hands of any viewer knows these objects will be dirty, cold, and maybe even cut into the flesh.
Nothing clean or gentle feeling at all.


THIS is why I adore this photo so much.
The wheel presents a surface much like soft pie crust.
The ambient light coming down
is warm and diffused which brings a sense of peace
to what would otherwise
be a very damp, dark atmosphere -
perfect opposition
that's not typical of most industrial captures.

The blurred midsection of texture,
whose light is centered perfectly,
leads up along the wall and invites the eye to follow.
An uplifting take on an unexpectedly pleasant atmosphere.


Aside from poetics,
the perspective and illumination is also amazing.
There is no telling exactly how small or large,
how near or far this object is...
it allows the eye and mind to agree that they are
seeing more than one set of distances

and after lingering for a moment,
seeing exactly what they want to see,
thus this piece becomes more interesting upon study.

And wouldn't it be interesting if that rectangle
above the valve was actually a door?

This artist has come a long way
in a very short amount of time regarding
untouched photography and various forms of
fanciful editing.

This piece, I feel is a magnificent product of
continuing experiments - taking unpopular subjects
and twisting the delivery delightfully.