Foto Friday 10 – What We See
Subliminal Minimal
The images here are simple, minimalist, abstract, maybe. They may evoke a certain emotion within some viewers, while others may dismiss them as bland, boring, not art, just a few lines on a canvas. Some have even doubted these are real photographs. I assure you, they are.
What do you make of them? What is it you see? Feel?
A subject composed of and arranged in three parts is called a Triptych1, three images of the same subject or theme joined into one work of art. They also come in twos, which then would be a Diptych2.
When I took these images, I saw them as a unit of three, each separate yet together, surrounded and connected by the same body of water.
Do you Triptych?
I take this opportunity to revisit one of my all-time favourite composers, Mike Oldfield, and his magnificent album Hergest Ridge (2010 remix), which I haven’t listened to in ages. Why did I choose this particular work? Is there any link? If you have been following Foto Fridays, you know the answer. There’s a link to nature (Reeds in Water / Hergest Ridge) and to the format of threes.
The piece shows the development in Oldfield's craft and can be considered as the second in an aural triptych (with the following album Ommadawn as the third chapter). (source)
I hope you enjoy the visual and aural triptych of this tenth instalment of Foto Friday.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diptych
Oh, yes, Alexander. I would delight in having this triptych in my home. They would hold pride of place! Such calming composition in gray -- like the clean, crisp air on a misty day in the Scottish Highlands, they just suit me. Thanks for posting these beauties. I do like Mike Olden, but my choice for a musical accompaniment for this art might also be Bremer/McCoy's track "Drømmer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-Si-vjwzQ&list=OLAK5uy_m2hVYGIPzd_572qa3BLxU4CyvlciORjYc&index=5
Absolutely love these photos. They are individually lovely, but the three together are something else! Also, have to check out some more Oldfield.