Bored Intersection

Paul your my favourite photographer on here. Was talking to a friend today about your work, was checking out an oil refinery and wondering how I can take pics without looking like a terrorist. How the hell did you come across Sector 7G.

Very effective,love it

I’m loving your little additions Paul.

Your daughters presence gives this pic such life.

I love your work Paul! The treatment and the composition of this piece is great and I’m sure most people can relate to being bored travelling with their parents and not appreciating what they’ve seen until they’re much older.

Well done Paul!! Even without your words on this, the photo says so much! You are truly fascinating!! :D:D Love your stuff :)

I’m with you Paul, can’t see why she just isnt fascinated by this all. I hope she didnt mind sticking around for the hour or two it took to shoot! Great work

There is so much to love about this. The title is great because although the intersection may seem boring, there is so much to see. I love the way the arrows point in the opposite direction to the subjects gaze… out of the frame, the airconditioners, the beautiful reflection in te water on the handrail, even the concrete barriers look beautiful. Just love it Paul!

By the way… my children get bored when I’m out and about photographing too!

this shot has taken your photography to the next level in my opinion…....
exceptional…... i stayed on kowloon for a few weeks a number of years ago, unfortunately for me it was before i ever had a camera…... this brings back some memories…..

top stuff mate … you really capture the moment .. then the treatment just tops it off ! ... nice

this is striking Paul…:)

Can’t fault your work at all. You just come up with the most brilliant images. Love it!

Awesome image Paul! I love the yellows with all those arrows and road signs all pointing in the same direction, and the inclusion of your little girl in red at the right hand corner.

This is sensational work…I enjoy the suggestion of space and atmosphere beyond the frame. Thanks, PWR.

So, so clever Paul. I love this magic moment!

I don’t like it….................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................NOT!.... I love it in so many ways. One of your best… The (signature) treatment and the colours are fantastic… But the real art in this one for me is that you actually saw this and captured it… Its Magic!

No wonder everyone is commenting about this image Paul- its sheer brillianc- hey tell me how you get that vintage cartoony illustration look its so awesome…...post it so I can find your response…......I get lost here sometimes…......xxxme

Very creative indeed, love all the contrasting elements in it…brilliant!

great picture… good shot and well done color manipulation!!! has such a busy and calm impact at the same time!... love it!

Do you think those arrows and signs are trying to say something? Your daughter looks as if she is daydreaming about silly adults needing so many signs to say ‘go left’!! It’s a great photo… I imagine that there are birds that hang around that tiny bit of green as well.

Far out… I had to scroll down miles to get to the bottom of this page!!!

this is such a fantastic photo! The processing is done to perfection, if you’re still in doubt of whether to do anything to it – DON’T! It’s perfect as it is. It has a surreal, yet innocent look to it which is also strengthened by the inclusion of your daughter.

What an incredible photo you’ve made! It is like looking into memory. How fabulous are those strategically places signs? They must have known you were coming. I love the inclusion of Siena. It’s as if we are witnessing her record this as her memory. I do wonder what she was thinking her body language suggests “Thought” to me.

Brillant as usual:)

Yeah Top Notch Paul

So you are THAT Paul Vananzella!
My magazine rack holds the May 2006 issue 216 of DESKTOP. Guess who graces pages 39 – 43, five pages whose corners are dog eared and thumb printed?
Yes, you do. “Twenty One Days in India”. Are those photographs on RedBubble?

Wow! Beautiful image Paul. I am so moved by this. Love the inclusion of Siena & your words & thought process.

I just love this.

all those beautiful perfectly placed graphic signs are doing it for me. well done Paul – and all done with a bored 6 year old in tow…amazing. ;)

i only happened upon your amazing work today. really beautiful, at first I thought they were paintings, I guess you hear the Jeffery Smart thing alot.

I like the colours in this. The orange and brown against the faded green is interesting.

Very nice shot. Once Again I love this effect.

Poor little dot….the things we do to our kids for our art :) I’m sure she’ll appreciate this in 20 or so years, Paul :) Meanwhile, we can all appreciate it now!

This is really nice! I’m getting inspired by your travel stuff for two trips I have coming up… nice!

‘Are we there yet?’ I’m only seeing this properly now even though I have Deck Chairs & Tourists picked. So, you are on my watchlist from now. P.S. much appreciate the ‘Hippo’ comment.

‘Are we there yet?’ I’m only seeing this properly now even though I have Deck Chairs & Tourists picked. So, you are on my watchlist from now. P.S. much appreciate the ‘Hippo’ comment.

‘Are we there yet?’ I’m only seeing this properly now even though I have Deck Chairs & Tourists picked. So, you are on my watchlist from now. P.S. much appreciate the ‘Hippo’ comment.

HOW do you do this to your images, they are all totally amazing, I love the effect you use, like in this image, almost looks like a cartoon, incredible work Paul!!! cant wait to see more!!!

Sums up the reality of living with us. Guilty.

The images and way-of-seeing you present are awesome Paul. I am really getting into not only looking at them as ‘wholes’, but also looking into the detail and the work I can see goes into them. Great photo-graphics!

I love the way this looks like an oil painting. Beautiful!

This has it all going on, I just keep coming back to this shot, definately a 10/10 on the orgasmatron!

what a fantastic composition

I’ve only just come across this one, Paul… and it all works so perfectly for me… the signs, the colour, the perspective/angle, composition, tone and you’re daughter in the shot is a sweet touch!

This reminds me of when I was 6 and I would tag along with my Dad while he took photos of intersections to support whatever argument he was seeking to make in court. I loved hanging with my Dad but man, I saw a crapload of intersections!

Excellent work; really so much to see…..including your daughter was icing on the cake….lovely geometrics…...beautiful ! JD

Thanks for sharing the story as well as the shot. Makes it that much more fascinating.

brilliant,

Great work – Excellent!!!

Missed this one, Siena looks as if she’s trying to grasp what your “on” about here, either that or she secretly wishing you’d have a thing for Disneyland instead…..
I love graphic signs too, but shooting them and applying awesome treatments is definitely your domain :-)

What a wonderfully clever image! The balustrade’s use as a leading line adds a powerful dynamic movement into the scene – yet the same objects also potrays a guide rail out of the image for your daughter – who is clearly not caring at this point about art. The misty air at the top gives a sense of dreaming and as such represents maybe the girl’s mind wandering elsewhere – to ice creams, slides, a day at the beach. Yet the taunting chevrons point across the road, “what urban scene do they beckon me towards?” thinks Paul…....... “l ‘m bored Dad, can I have an ice cream please?”