Twin Engines

Paul Vanzella

Twin Engines

Shot this at one of my most favourite places – Tucson, Arizona…. the barren landscape just speaks volumes to me and the discarded fighter jet engines prove the perfect antithesis to the landscape.

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Twin Engines by Paul Vanzella
  • dazgwen

    dazgwen

    Awesome work mate!!!

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil...

    ahhhhh, Vanzella’d to perfection!!
    Well done mate! :D

  • Michael Kienhuis

    Michael Kienhuis

    How do you get to these places without being told to get OUT! I had a few security guards tell me to move on. Again Fantastic! M:>

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    The colours are amazing…..the engines look like they are made of gold…..

    Love the minimalist feel to this image….yet there is so much going on….I’m in a quandary….

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    You must be in seventh heaven with all those aircraft museums :) Love this! What fabulous light!!

  • Imber

    Imber

    Awesome!

  • robotsdream

    robotsdream

    brilliant! love the colours – almost surreal, like it was taken on a distant planet in another galaxy. And the number 48 makes it perfect!

  • wellman

    wellman

    looks like you’ve pulled a beautiful old canvas backdrop in behind those twin engines! Love the generous foreground also. Many other reasons to love this but I’ll save some for the plethora of fans to follow

  • Cathleen Tarawhiti

    Cathleen Taraw...

    Owww….. cool!

  • Cain Doherty

    Cain Doherty

    such a mystery, reminds me of donnie darko

  • Mark Hayward

    Mark Hayward

    Classic Vanzella, very nice…always enjoy this particular style of your work. LOVE the colouration you achieve from your shots!!

  • Andy Harris

    Andy Harris

    excellent, cool, hot, all in one… great composition, love the colours and the lighting is fantastic…. Brilliant work

  • Bones

    Bones

    Jeffery Smart all the way, you blow me away with everything you do. Two thumbs up and a tip of the hat to you

  • Jeremy Ham

    Jeremy Ham

    ah, there’s that signature style again. great work

  • meanderthal

    meanderthal

    such tasty twin engine treats…. mmmm.

  • Alexander Gitlits

    Alexander Gitlits

    Fantastic work! I love composition and colours!

  • Juilee  Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    if you half close your eyes and squint at the screen they could be….. wagons without the horses going out west…. or cannons about to fire….. either of which fits in with the imagery…. lovely stuff

    and such gorgeous colour again… so muted and restrained…. well done

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante

    great capture, looks like an illusion

  • Anette Tyler

    Anette Tyler

    Brilliant capture. I love the composition, the colours and the lines.

  • Lachlan Kent

    Lachlan Kent

    Sometimes your work is so artistic it feels unreal… one of those moments

  • Cliff Vestergaard

    Cliff Vestergaard

    Paul I am always just blowwen away by your work, and the way you can just see it.

  • Darren Burdell

    Darren Burdell

    Classic! Love the symmetry, this has a kind of retro ‘Thunderbirds’ kind of feel for me, very cool.

  • FlyAwayPeter

    FlyAwayPeter

    I like it a lot (but has engine #2 been cloned from engine #1? I have to ask because I’m a sucker for these tricks) :)

  • peterhoenderdos

    peterhoenderdos

    There is always a nice tone to your photo’s.

  • Lindsay Blamey

    Lindsay Blamey

    Awesome image.. love the landscape in the background…
    PS – the roof is fixed… no dramas.

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett

    How I love what you do, to the max. The PVz treatment….........strikes again. Love it, mate. :))

  • docophoto

    docophoto

    You turn the most banal objects into works of art.

  • andrew cowell

    andrew cowell

    just love it!

  • victor

    victor

    Sky eaters!, ....love the vast sky above, with these two little sky eaters hunkering down behind the fence, just waiting for the next chance to go zoooming around the heavens with their arse on fire,... lovely.!!

  • MarkoBeslac

    MarkoBeslac

    I’m happy to see more of new work…...This is great….colors are beautiful…..IMHO compo will be much stronger without this ’’48’’ ....

  • Michael Douglass

    Michael Douglass

    Love the tones in this.

  • Bruce  Watson

    Bruce Watson

    Another astutely judged composition and tonal palette Paul. (Gee, if those engines are the discards then the new ones must be pretty swish).

  • machandel

    machandel

    Looks like a SF film image- man just conquered a strange golden world. Impressive.

  • Robyn Lakeman

    Robyn Lakeman

    Awesome, love Arizona. Fantastic capture Paul, the light is just beautiful. Welcome back!

  • stephfine

    stephfine

    Spectacular Paul! You achieve colors that flow so well together; this photo was taken in Tucson Arizona, way cool!!

  • ktowers

    ktowers

    awesome colours and image!!

  • bodymechanic

    bodymechanic

    great composition,and mad colour,awesum!

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle

    Paul you just made my mind flip.. Taken away really.. Can you hear my hands clapping ??

  • JanG

    JanG

    When I think of your photos I always think of gold light, but now you’ve turned the engines to gold too! Incredible shot in an incredible place. There’s nothing like the light and landscapes in Arizona and New Mexico.

  • JanG

    JanG

    When I think of your photos I always think of gold light, but now you’ve turned the engines to gold too! Incredible shot in an incredible place. There’s nothing like the light and landscapes in Arizona and New Mexico.

  • annacuypers

    annacuypers

    Does this place really exist ? Wow, what an eye for beauty you have my friend. Lovely color, light and composition.

  • HenkStolk

    HenkStolk

    Love the pastel colors

  • transmute

    transmute

    Reminds me of Edward Hopper in it’s minimal poetics

  • itsallgoodamanda

    itsallgoodamanda

    tops !,i want to go and photograph the oil refinery but my man says its ugly,one gets a bit sick of taking pictures of flowers,and i think machinery always looks better in a photo,cheers!

  • Jessica  Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    just love the painterly sky in this Paul…

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    hey paul in tucson arizona!!!! have you met jo jo yet???
    ....love this image…..so unusual so vanzella :))) !!

  • HydeSide

    HydeSide

    Tucson…..on purpose?
    You can find beauty anywhere.

  • jlynn

    jlynn

    Amazing work!!

  • Mark Richards

    Mark Richards

    I totally again with your statement Paul about the barren landscape… it works for me!

  • Mat Moore

    Mat Moore

    Yeah this is pretty special.

  • Linda Sannuti

    Linda Sannuti

    this reminds me of a backdrop of a movie set..cool work!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    Had to come back for another look. You really do the most amazing things with the landscape Paul. Fabulous fabulous work.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema

    A landscape as empty as the moon. I think empty landscapes strip the mind of superfluous ornaments. If I am in a landscape like this it makes my mind shut up … at last … ha ha. This undressed state of mind always gives me the feeling of being closer to my own essence. That is maybe what makes this kind of landscapes so attractive. The green wall and the number 48 is just amazing. The aircraft is stripped off to its essence too: thrust. But the abandoned engines also look as if they are castrated. No use for thrust, fighter jets and heroic pilots in this landscape. Here everything is reduced to what it is. Great work, Paul. Always love the clarity in your images.

  • majo

    majo

    great colors in arizona
    and like martin said number 48 is great too

  • ~ Ademac

    ~ Ademac

    Great capture…...............so well done.

  • ozczecho

    ozczecho

    Cool.

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin

    another gem Paul – i love the colours and shapes in this – composition is just perfect :)

  • Mardynn

    Mardynn

    Great composition.

  • orourke

    orourke

    you really find facinating subjects , well done

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    Excellent shot Paul, I like the symmetry of it too!

  • nodrogart

    nodrogart

    Now I am not one to be favouriting a lot of images, I feel that I need to be very specific about what I add. This is one of them. the colours and the feel that you give to the photo, very classical and almost a retro style with the colours.

  • James Stevens

    James Stevens

    It just makes me want to go Pod-Racing!

  • karen milder

    karen milder

    another wonderful image, love the tone

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Paul, I love the vibe you`ve got in this. This part of the US is and always has been a very secretive place as regards military testing activity… you should read the book 101 Suns which is all about the nuclear bomb tests in the Nevada desert that spread deathly levels of fallout throughout the western US, especially Arizona and Utah.

    These two discarded military fighter jet engines in the context you`ve put them have an aura of mystery and secrecy that veils the magnificance of this awesome place that shouldn`t have the dark history that it does. Excellent work!

  • paulevelin

    paulevelin

    feels great to see your work…always….and this is simply superb

  • chelsgus

    chelsgus

    Fantastic!
    This image makes me laugh – it’s just so kooky. It makes me think Thunderbirds.
    Maybe it’s the colors and dwarfed size of the engines that make my response so far removed from what billyboy (above) has commented on about this shot.

  • Maxhamish

    Maxhamish

    I am really impressed by this piece…an excellent image in my opinion (and lots of others I see!).

  • Michael Lane

    Michael Lane

    Awesome shot. Love the tones in this. I’ll have to check out Arizona…

  • Gratziela Gal

    Gratziela Gal

    The mountains in the background look so carton, so fake…weird! It almost looks like a movie setting…

  • Mohammad Khaksar

    Mohammad Khaksar

    wonderful colors in arizona…simple and beautiful..
    i like it paul,bravo!

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    This is awesome Paul love the color to this one.
    This is fabulous

  • Adrian Donoghue

    Adrian Donoghue

    Must have missed this one Paul, another beauty, love the starkness of the scene and colour, complimented by a very unusual and interesting subject material.

  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    As always you are the master of minimalism.

  • Simon Mears

    Simon Mears

    bloody hell..how did i miss this? hugely creative work!

  • Tom Gomez

    Tom Gomez

    Cool shot …

  • Jared Revell

    Jared Revell

    You really know how to get the best out of everything Paul.
    Great work once again.

  • Tony Fallon

    Tony Fallon

    What a fantastic image. Really different and really appealing !

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli

    the composition is unique..love the soft pastel tones

  • J.K. York

    J.K. York

    they seem so out of place, but your composition makes them part of the landscape. industrial/military erosion is a great subject. as always, your touch of superb balance and slightly surreal color makes this a wonderful piece of art.

  • Colin Tobin

    Colin Tobin

    I’m starting to thing you keep a stack of orange pylons in your camera bag. :)

    Another great shot Paul. I always feel as though I’m looking into a parallel world when looking at your images.

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante

    second time ‘round! who can compete against the double intake of visual solidity and softness?

  • berndt2

    berndt2

    Great composition : love the unexpectedness of the image, and yet how naturally it’s been handled.

  • Plexus04

    Plexus04

    love the colors here. simple yet bright.

  • JohnScott

    JohnScott

    lol, they got trollies, maybe a salt lake time trial. This is great

  • Diana Forgione

    Diana Forgione

    It seems almost redundant to add my comments but Iike the colors very much and the clouds and mountains in the background.

  • Christopher Birtwistle-Smith

    Christopher Bi...

    love the colour palet in this, right place right time, well captured

  • Carmelh

    Carmelh

    Your inspiration shines right through here…..so perfectly framed and the colours stunning….not to mention those fighter jet engines…they are a standout!!!!!

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