Listening to desolation

Paul Vanzella

Listening to desolation

Travelling through Arizona I noticed so much desolation, abandoned structures, disconnected souls… which prompted me to stop and listen, I’m fascinated with connecting sound to the visual medium.
How do you visually capture the sound
of desolation…this is my attempt….

The transparency of the girl shows a dissociativeness with the landscape.
Is she there only in spirit? Not only until one is heard completely do they connect totally with their environment.

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Listening to desolation by Paul Vanzella
  • kipishiux

    kipishiux

    Great!!!

  • Andy Harris

    Andy Harris

    excellent quality as always and a well crafted and conceived concept…. great work Paul

  • LisaG

    LisaG

    You’ve achieved your objective; I see the sound…..

    Wonderful work, Paul

  • Daniel Rayfield

    Daniel Rayfieldcommunity host

    oh wow!!!! Fantastic work paul!!! Looks like the fun has already begun for you!!

  • Sharon Hammond

    Sharon Hammond

    Great concept. Luv the warm tones

  • Juilee  Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    this is beautiful Paul….. it’s a really well listened to landscape somehow….. its almost acheing in its sadness.

    this is how I listen to desolation…to death us do drug

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    Wow, what an amazing image of transition….gorgeous light and tones, Paul!

  • BigFatRobot

    BigFatRobot

    wow – love this! there is a narrative that wants to burst out!

  • Michael Kienhuis

    Michael Kienhuis

    Wonderful Paul!

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil...

    Transitional.
    The tonal presentation along with the arid dry backdrop, creates a superb visual and artistic drama.
    Agree with the above… bursting with narrative!
    I always say… Love your work but today I’m going to say…
    I love your brain!! :D

  • Darren Sharp

    Darren Sharp

    Fantastic work as always mate!!

  • jianina

    jianina

    love what you have done with the image…gives off a great look and story to it surrondings!!

  • Imber

    Imber

    This is really great work! It works for me.

  • Bones

    Bones

    Great concept of the girl coming to view. Your style and ideas amaze me..

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    I want to climb inside your brain, fabulous concept , great work !!!

  • Lachlan Kent

    Lachlan Kent

    Awesome work Paul! So thoughtful and evocative!

  • Anette Tyler

    Anette Tyler

    Excellent work. I do love your colours and the style you have in a lot of you photos

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley

    Great interpretation, well done.

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    Paul
    this is a brilliantly depicted image but combining these images and thoughts with that of Juilee Pryor make this all a huge impact statement and sets the mind rolling in many directions about our society and world.

  • Ben Hughes

    Ben Hughes

    This is simply fantastic

  • Darren Burdell

    Darren Burdell

    Interesting concept beautifully executed! Nice One Paul.

  • Elizabeth Duncan

    Elizabeth Duncan

    This is great I love your message.

  • Per E. Gunnarsen

    Per E. Gunnarsen

    Great concept, very well done!

  • Jaeda DeWalt

    Jaeda DeWalt

    Paul,

    You connected me back to my early childhood, living in Phoenix Arizona.

    Your images wrapped in thoughts . . . are a journey, inviting us to explore the vast landscape of your imagination and soul. When you share in this way, you raise the universal consciousness and serve as a beautifully connecting thread we can each reach for – in our own unique way.

    The sound of desolation . . . you’ve visually captured it.

    youareawondrousjourney
    JAEDA

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett

    Dear PVz

    Thanks for blowing me away.

    Love Linda

  • MarkoBeslac

    MarkoBeslac

    Great work, Paul …....

  • Michael Douglass

    Michael Douglass

    Great piece Paul, like the concept and execution as per usual excellent.

  • Robyn Lakeman

    Robyn Lakeman

    Wow, what an amazing concept, brilliant!

  • stephfine

    stephfine

    cool!!! yeah thats a great place too shot!! :-)

  • ellevrg

    ellevrg

    Great concept and execution, very interesting

  • bodymechanic

    bodymechanic

    i hear wot ur saying with this,great work!

  • budrfli

    budrfli

    perfect portayal of the idae, love it!

  • Franklin Lindsey

    Franklin Lindsey

    You know what I like about you Paul is that your never afraid of trying something out of the realm of typical photography. So few people here achieve the results you get, including myself….LOL
    Nice peace..

  • annacuypers

    annacuypers

    Yes, desolation road … This is so well done Paul !

  • cdwork

    cdwork

    Superb work

  • Paola  Massa

    Paola Massa

    is something different

  • Melinda Kerr

    Melinda Kerr

    Just got back from the mid west and you’ve captured it. Man. Fantastic Paul.

  • Jessica  Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    masterfully done as only a true master can

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    Wonderfully understated storyboard – speaks volumes.

  • Gerijuliaj

    Gerijuliaj

    Great work Paul – Love the concept and can almost feel (and hear) the sound of desolation as if I was there.

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    paul….sound….visual….blending…being…this is definitely it...

    and you’ve definitely captured it here – lovely piece of imagery and depth.

  • Deborah Hally

    Deborah Hally

    Excellent….a wonderful execution of an interesting idea.

  • jlynn

    jlynn

    Your words are very true,, we must be heard. Excellent creativity and presentation!

  • aaria

    aaria

    Paul, you really create something extraordinary every time, but this is just on a total other level.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema

    Great idea. You really show me the beauty of desolation. Often, when I see images of this kind of lonely landscapes, it makes me feel sad. Your image doesn’t. Maybe because you bathed the landscape in the golden light of love for this desolated dimension of life on Planet Earth. I agree sounds are an essential element if you thoroughly want to experience what a landscape or surrounding means to you. That is why I love to hike. I want to hear every insect or barking dog from afar. If I look at a landscape from behind the glass of a car I am only a spectator. If I step into the landscape and listen to its story I am becoming part of it. It even goes further: when I step into it I start to influence what is happening there. I love your visual experiments. They touch such elementary dimension of life.

  • ~ Ademac

    ~ Ademac

    Concept and image merge into stunning piece of Art.

  • Mardynn

    Mardynn

    Very nice. Great idea.

  • orourke

    orourke

    very clever concept and excellent execution as always, you certainly get aroun dont you

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    This is fantastic Paul…love the idea and the symbolism of it…I have family in AZ so thanks for the memories too.

  • nodrogart

    nodrogart

    Paul, I have been looking at this image for some ten minutes now.

    the overall composition and design is spectacular, but the thought process of this graphical symphony it breathtaking.

  • Douzy

    Douzy

    Love this Paul. Creative, unique, conceptual. I can see the graphic designer behind the photographer on this one too :)

  • lucymay

    lucymay

    beautiful image, i love it, lomo?

  • Nvision Ink

    Nvision Ink

    Such a great shot! I like the aged affect to the photo adds an interesting quality to it. It looks dusty in the photo which so Arizona I like it. Where in Arizona was this taken? I’m from Tucson, AZ…Yeah it’s very desolate in some parts of Arizona…Did you happen to visit Tombstone, AZ? A very old western town…

  • paulevelin

    paulevelin

    such a great style…love it

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Great personal depiction, love the effects and love your personal take on Arizona :)

  • Silvia Ganora

    Silvia Ganora

    Beautifully done! Especially like the warm tones and that building on the left.

  • Leith Matson

    Leith Matson

    Lovely tones and idea

  • ADuDeWiDaCaMeRa

    ADuDeWiDaCaMeRa

    BRILLIANT

  • Larasolnishko

    Larasolnishko

    You are great Italian phylosopher, an artist and contemprorary photographer. Bow to you. Thanks for sharing your talant on RB.

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    This is absolutely adorable and very well thought up and put together.
    Very precious work

  • t1nyskert

    t1nyskert

    so beautiful and sad babe…a little girl in a lost town..you have captured the feeling like a true artist

  • Noel Elliot

    Noel Elliot

    Great concept.

  • Natalie Broome

    Natalie Broome

    Great work Paul, a really good idea and interesting concept.

  • Andrew Hoisington

    Andrew Hoisington

    very cool concept and great image

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante

    i’ve been meaning to comment on this piece but couldn’t find the right words. until now.

    here’s my two cents: what this image portrays to me is the familiarity and comforts we are accustomed to. every so often we have to make transitions, to get out of our comfort zones. we need to get into a pioneering spirit and find connection in disconnection, peace in war, love in brokenness and abadonment. it may not be familiar or comfortable but it sure is rewarding.

  • Jennifer Woodward

    Jennifer Woodward

    Great work Paul!! wondefully composed – great textures. Awesome!!

  • Jacq Wilson

    Jacq Wilson

    You know, desolation doesn’t happen overnight….........there was once life here, it is a slow disintegration, so slow that nobody notices the leaving of its heart and soul until it is gone.
    Wonderful image.

  • Paul Vanzellafounder replied

    wow – what a great insight Jacq… thanks so much for commenting!

  • Kurt  Tutschek

    Kurt Tutschek

    outstanding! fantastic idea – perfect treatment.

  • Christine  Wilson

    Christine Wilson

    love the way this works showing passage of time over frames

  • 50mm

    50mm

    Yeah!

  • berndt2

    berndt2

    Very well done : an excellent series

  • Mark Richards

    Mark Richards

    Very thought provoking, Paul, beautiful tones and colour!

  • Tatiana R

    Tatiana R

    Great work Paul! Concept and execution! I am very new here and to the Photoshop. I wonder if I can ask a trivial question – how do you place four images on one canvas?

  • LinaJ

    LinaJ

    wow, that is cool picture!

  • SelinaEM

    SelinaEM

    So true…..sometimes people just need to listen and to be heard. Lovely concept

  • Paul Vanzellafounder replied

    thanks Selina, the environment I was in made me feel this image.. love the middle of nowhere, was in Arizona at the time…

  • Carmelh

    Carmelh

    Another outstanding image…..love your mind and your creative spin…...

  • Di Jenkins

    Di Jenkins

    fascinating piece, and the reasoning behind it.

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