under the bridge #3

Juilee Pryor

under the bridge #3

a long time ago I lived in Adelaide and in the centre of the city runs the river Torrens….. not by any stretch the most beautiful river in the world but the only one that runs through the centre of this tidy little city….. and under the river just were it leaves the pretty popeye boats and meanders off to slightly wider parts…. there is a large old concrete bridge…. and in the searingly hot months of summer lots of the local kids hang out here … climbing the internal spans and jumping into the often murky depths of the river below….. I always found the slightly gothic structure of this bridge attractive in a somewhat dingy defeated sort of way and always marvelled at the resilence of the kids that jumped from it…. this short series of photo’s… there will be three…. is my ode to the memory of that classic structure and my memories of wandering by it….. enjoy…..
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under the bridge #3 by Juilee Pryor
under the bridge #3 by Juilee Pryor
  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    There’s no water in the river anymore, so this is a good historical document as well! Wonderful shapes and interesting textures, JP!

  • Juilee Pryor replied

    hi Mel and thanks….the last time I was in Adelaide…. about a year of so ago… the water was a toxic green sluggish ribbon …. a frightening sight to be honest… reminded me why I left in the first place…. oh well…. but yes it wasn’t always like that…. one apon a time you could swim in it…. not anymore though…..

  • Jayca

    Jayca

    I love the way the swimmer is forcing the symmetrical structure to become asymmetrical, ever so slightly. :) And I love even more the jumpers in the background, especially the guy that’s climbing down, or back up. Can’t tell which.

  • Juilee Pryor replied

    hi Jayca…. yes indeed… all the tension in the image is held in the bodies among the strong hard lines…. thanks heaps … such a funny old series of shots….

  • Jayca

    Jayca

    I think my favorite part of the bodies is that you never see the full figure of any of them. They’re all cut in half.

  • Juilee Pryor replied

    hi Jayca…. yes I know what you mean… it’s odd and strangely compelling for that oddness

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