Sorry for the lack of posts recently. There is way too much on my plate. This photo is a companion to today's picture on the St. Louis Daily Photo Blog. shot moments earlier. It's grandiose, I admit that. I have a soft spot for high quality bombast. For example: the Dies Irae from Hector Berlioz's Requiem (start this track at 5 minutes 30 seconds and crank it up). When I was young and stupid, I liked to make a tent out of two loudspeakers, put this track on a full volume and stick my head in the middle. Bliss. Now I make pictures like this.
I like both of your offerings today Bob. The arch looks flat in both. This one is my fav I think. I like seeing the sections so clearly. That sky is ...grandiose! HA
OK I'm gonna try your music. Is it going to make my day or send me over the edge? I'm leary I can tell you.
Kýrie is from the Greek word κύριε (kyrie), the vocative case of κύριος (kyrios), meaning O Lord. It is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called Kýrie, eléison which is Greek for Lord, have mercy. You ain't got no soul, Bob? Oh, puhlease. You're tickling my funnybone. Archie is trying to tell you something.
GATEWAY is a record of my photographs of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, the city where I live. I am obsessed with our great monument. It is a paean to American Westward expansion. The Arch was completed in 1966 and stands 630 feet / 192 meters high. It is exactly as wide as it is tall.
To me, the Arch is the most beautiful monumental sculpture in the world. I look at it every day as I drive to work and from my office window. It has moods. It is different at every hour, in every season and in every kind of weather. I never tire of it. For the last few years I have photographed it over and over, trying to avoid postcard cliches. Each time I carry my camera to its feet I look for something new.
Most of these pictures have been published in my other blog, St. Louis Daily Photo, documenting local life since March 2007. Come have a look.
All images and text on this blog are copyright Robert A. Crowe. All rights reserved. No use without express permission.
Lawyer for a living until I had enough, photographer for passion and satisfaction, worker in downtown St. Louis for 47 years. What I see is what you get.
6 comments:
elle touche le ciel, superbe perspective
it touches the sky, superb perspective
I like both of your offerings today Bob. The arch looks flat in both. This one is my fav I think. I like seeing the sections so clearly. That sky is ...grandiose! HA
OK I'm gonna try your music. Is it going to make my day or send me over the edge? I'm leary I can tell you.
Your Honor,
Let the record show that I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Crowe's musical selection today. A day that will go down in the history books.
That and Communication Breakdown, right?
I like this one better too. The skin of the Arch stands out in better detail here, which appeals to me.
Just beautiful!!! Congratulation!!
Kýrie is from the Greek word κύριε (kyrie), the vocative case of κύριος (kyrios), meaning O Lord. It is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called Kýrie, eléison which is Greek for Lord, have mercy.
You ain't got no soul, Bob? Oh, puhlease. You're tickling my funnybone. Archie is trying to tell you something.
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