Despair & Solitude
“The Little Mermaid” in Copenhagen, Denmark. A glamorous fairy-tale beauty of a bygone era, lost in the context of 20th century industrial reality.
It’s one of the key city landmarks, and one of the most photographed. But not from this angle… I just love the contrast between the two worlds and the pure resignation in her posture!
An old photo of mine (2000) which I always wanted to go back and tidy up. I came across the film the other day and finally scanned it in.
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Nathalie Chaput
I Love the contrast, this shot is great…
monocotylidono replied
Thanks Nathalie :-)
LisaR
Mmmm such different worlds! Great capture.
monocotylidono replied
They are, indeed! Thanks Lisa :-)
Smudger
wonderful
monocotylidono replied
Thanks Steve, glad you like it! :-)
Mark Tull
Wondeful, wonderful ;o)
monocotylidono replied
Thanks mate – I had a feeling you were going to like this… :-)
Vikram Franklin
Wonderful commentary here George! Absolutely brilliant take.
monocotylidono replied
Thanks very much Vikram, it’s been one of the ones I’ve been meaning to get back to for a while… :-)
Vikram Franklin
OMG George!! Another one who is not holidaying hard enough!!!
What on earth are you doing online?? Or are those wellies being put to use now? (hope not).
Johanne Brunet
Great message here George. You have managed to make that statue look expressive, well done!
Ursula Rodgers
Well spotted George! :)
Bradley Shawn ...
Brilliant contrast my friend. I love it. Such an important message to get across in our crumbling culture. There is a certain amount of life you have brought to the image by shooting at this angle. Well spotted.
Cora Wandel
monocotylidono replied
Many thanks Cora, I really appreciate it! :-)
David Holmes
great shot i have never seen this angle before instant fav
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much for your comment David, I really appreciate your favoring! :-)
Ginny Schmidt
Fabulous shot. When you see what she has to look at for eternity … and
she can’t even blink, let alone turn her head … you can well understand
why she is in such despair!
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much Ginny – It’s strange, but until I saw this shot developed, I never realised just how much “body language” was in the statue.
Shelly Hiebert
Great composition showing the ‘two worlds’ together like this :) Nice work George :)
Natasha Zraikat
very interesting… and youre right about her posture, she seems deflated, disappointed… very clever!
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much Natasha :-)