Original Art Photography Series by @velimir #130 'The Noose'
The name of this art photograph is: The Noose'
Looks scary, eh? Black and white stylization, high contrast drama, linear dynamics, suggestive dark circle, an unquestionable message of death or suicide, right?
BUT...
This is not a noose, this is a train's accessory. A hand holder with an ornament. Making it look dramatically like this is actually a quite funny thing to do... Well, if you like a bit of dark humor, that is. I mean, whoever the joker who made this already put loads of dark humor in it just by designing that spiral on top. :D
What we have here is a transformation of an everyday object into a quite scary image. This is on the table. Black and white gives us a strong expressionist stylization, already priming the thought toward the dark side. Then, we also have a very nicely composed row of lines making tension, out of which comes a strong light creating a dramatic contrast. In the end I have that black, almost invisible cricle around the "noose" which adds yet another dimension of drama by separating the main object from the entire background.
If the light on the "noose" wasn't so limited by the usage of backlight, the image would very probably lack that final step. But, it doesn't!
Please, regard it as fun, not drama, even though it is. Or isn't? Depends on your train of thoughts! :D
Enjoy! :)
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Wait, are you saying that those train hooky thingies are NOT scary by themselves?? Imagine how many hands goes on those a day! I can't even fathom the bacterial war going on of one of those. Imagine the bacterial colonies living on those. Each minute, a new strain of hand bacteria is introduced into their world, and each minute a new war breaks out over dominance. A war where only the strongest survives, until some weird super bacteria is born, able to eat the next person who touches said hook. A noose is simply made of rope, nice clean rope, and it is up to yourself to choose how you will interact with it.
A train hook however, those things will mess you up!
HAHAHAHA !!!
I love this because it shows how an everyday mundane object can be seen through a lens where it becomes something tragic, sorrowful and painful.
People see the world differently and what might be meaningless or insignificant to one or many can be horribly painful for some. Never judge a person until you can walk in their shoes for a day.
yes, very true and I'm so happy you pointed that out! too often we judge the situations from our own point of view and forget to see the different perspective.
Hehe, it is fun. I totally thought it was a noose!
:D gotcha!
When I first saw this photo I envisioned a man in a dark cubicle, maybe after most or all his coworkers have left preparing for suicide. It was a relief to find out that thing is just something he's going to hang on to on his way home.
it looks scary in dim light....most of the indian horor movies scenes are shooted in trains...like this handle ....suddenly a wich or ghost appears holding on this handle ..when light fall it disappear...it remind me of several horor movies..jokes apart...very nicely captured and in very funny way you explained it,,,
ha...cool idea about the ghost appearing! I might use that in some future photo ;)
So relieved that is not really a noose. Much more enjoyable. Thanks for the reveal. Peace.
Good work!
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