
I don’t know how to describe it. The wall had a strange attraction with a yellowish-orange cover of, well, something, like skin. It looked like foam and rusted iron plates simultaneously, with patches of darker shades making random patterns on the surface.
I saw it when we visited Rockport, MA back in 2006. The trip’s main purpose was to photograph the fishing village, its picturesque harbor, and the famous “Motif #1,” the red hut perched on the corner of the harbor.
Skin Deep Beauty
I photographed the “compulsories,” but I could not resist the appeal of the strange wall. I started photographing at the end near where we parked and kept walking along the wall as new patterns unfolded with every step. Up close, it looked softer than hard; thicker than a thin rust coating; crunched up here and there perhaps with a tug from an inquiring stick.
Beware!
The late afternoon sun emphasized its warm color even more. As I came to the other end, the wall its dark secret suddenly emerged, after the last frame I decided it was time to leave the area; just in case …
This was a protective cover, a skin-deep make-up of some sort, to hide what lurked beneath it. View the series below to uncover the secret lurking under the skin!
Before writing this post, I researched and found out that this was the abandoned Cape Ann Tool Company building in Rockport, MA.
Haluk Atamal
I am not surprised that such careful obvervation lead to magnificiant frames, very well expressing the inner-self. I share your feelings, Cemal, because I have experienced similar materials which I used to express my inner-self. Only, I had skipped the compulsories.
Antalya’dan sevgi ve hasret dolusu selamlar,
Haluk
A. Cemal Ekin
Thank you Haluk. The compulsories were novel to me at the time. I took my first, and only lighthouse photograph during that trip and the same goes for Motif #1 which is in one of my earlier post Single File HDR.
Greetings from the snowy Rhode Island
Cemal
Laura Landen
Entrancing images. There’s something mesmerizing about subjects like this. Just don’t inhale the lead paint!
Laura
A. Cemal Ekin
Oh, I did not inhale Laura!
Cemal
Laura Landen
Oh, so we’ll have to look for some other cause! ;-)
Laura